October 27, 2021 2:02 pm Source: https://wildlandfirefighter.com/2021/10/27/ca-deep-in-drought-despite-atmospheric-river/ By JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The deluge California received from a powerful atmospheric river made streams and waterfalls come alive while coating mountains with snow, but as the storm headed east to the Plains on Tuesday it left the Golden State still deep in drought. The atmospheric river,…
October 21, 2021 6:08 pm Source: https://wildlandfirefighter.com/2021/10/21/fire-that-threatened-lake-tahoe-region-is-now-100-percent-contained/ SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) — The 2-month-old California wildfire that threatened the Lake Tahoe resort region over the summer has been declared 100% contained, officials said. The fire, which scorched more than 346 square miles (896 square kilometers) of the Sierra Nevada and burned hundreds of homes, reached the milestone late…
October 19, 2021 8:57 pm Source: https://wildlandfirefighter.com/2021/10/19/residents-return-as-firefighters-get-87-percent-containment-of-alisal-fire/ SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) — Residents who fled the Alisal Fire west of Santa Barbara have been allowed to return home. All evacuation orders and warnings were canceled Sunday afternoon. The fire was 87% contained Monday morning and its size was holding at about 27 square miles (70 square kilometers). The fire…
October 15, 2021 8:33 pm Source: https://wildlandfirefighter.com/2021/10/15/ca-firefighters-make-progress-corralling-alisal-fire/ SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters reported significant progress in corralling a wildfire in Southern California coastal mountains on Friday. The Alisal Fire in the Santa Ynez Mountains west of Santa Barbara grew only slightly since Thursday morning to 26.4 square miles (68 square kilometers) and containment of the blaze jumped to…
October 12, 2021 5:11 pm Source: https://wildlandfirefighter.com/2021/10/12/ca-wildfires-destroy-mobile-homes-one-man-burned/ SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Destructive California wildfires driven by intense winds caused damage at two mobile home parks, destroying some trailers, and one person suffered burns, officials said. The fires on Monday also toppled trees, whipped up blinding dust clouds and forced the a utility to cut power to thousands of customers…
October 11, 2021 6:03 pm Source: https://wildlandfirefighter.com/2021/10/11/does-forest-thinning-slow-spread-of-catastrophic-wildfires/ By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters and numerous studies credit intensive forest thinning projects with helping save communities like those recently threatened near Lake Tahoe in California and Nevada, but dissent from some environmental advocacy groups is roiling the scientific community. States in the U.S. West and the…
October 11, 2021 6:00 pm Source: https://wildlandfirefighter.com/2021/10/11/four-injured-by-falling-tree-at-knp-complex-fire-in-ca/ THREE RIVERS, Calif. (AP) — Four people injured when a tree fell on them as they were working inside a Northern California wildfire have been released from the hospital, officials said Friday. One is an employee with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, known as Cal Fire, and three are…
October 11, 2021 5:58 pm Source: https://wildlandfirefighter.com/2021/10/11/pge-may-shut-off-power-to-thousands-over-windy-forecast/ SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Pacific Gas & Electric said it may shut off power to about 44,000 customers in California beginning on Monday due to potentially dry, gusty winds that could raise the risk electrical equipment sparking fires. The National Weather Service issued a red flag warning of extreme fire danger starting…
October 4, 2021 8:45 pm Source: https://wildlandfirefighter.com/2021/10/04/portugal-records-its-fewest-summer-wildfires-in-10-years/ LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal has so far this year recorded its lowest number of wildfires since 2011, and the blazes have claimed no lives since more than 100 people died in 2017, authorities said Friday. More than 80% of the 7,253 wildfires reported through Sept. 30 were put out before they…
September 28, 2021 6:34 pm Source: https://wildlandfirefighter.com/2021/09/28/ca-fires-threatening-sequoias-continue-to-grow/ THREE RIVERS, Calif. (AP) — California firefighters battled fast-growing forest fires threatening giant sequoias and small communities in the Sierra Nevada on Monday and worked to fully surround a suspected arson wildfire that destroyed homes last week. More than 2,000 firefighters were on the lines of the Windy Fire burning on the…
