"A violation of trust": California firefighter arrested on suspicion of setting five forest fires
38-year-old Robert Hernandez was taken into custody at a fire station in Mendocino County. Hernandez worked for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection as a fire apparatus engineer, overseeing fire engines and water tanks during calls.
The numbers are painful. Three Southern California wildfires had eaten up 117,546 acres by Friday afternoon, Sept. 20, ...
Firefighters are making progress against the Bridge, Line and Airport fires to prevent more destruction, but for some, the ...
In Southern California, wildfires tore through Los Angeles ... Resources brought to bare against the fires included 5,755 personnel, 520 fire engines, 51 helicopters, nine airplanes and 75 ...
Several of the fires started this week, consuming thousands of acres in less than 24 hours as firefighters combat the flames.
At least three fires were burning near Los Angeles with little containment, and millions of people were under an excessive heat warning.
A paper published in the International Journal of Wildland Fire last year synthesized the various reasons fires have become larger and more severe in California and the West since 1980.
A wind-blown dust advisory is in place for parts of Southern California as air quality is predicted to worsen on Friday.
Cooling temperatures and high humidity keep playing a strong role in aiding firefighters who are battling the three large ...
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