by admin | Aug 5, 2018 | First Responders
California hasn’t had a month without a wildfire since 2012. NPR’s Scott Simon speaks with Mike Feyh of the Sacramento Fire Department about the strain on firefighters. SCOTT SIMON, HOST: The Carr Fire rages in Northern California this weekend, but...
by admin | Aug 2, 2018 | Fire news
More than 100 Spanish firefighters, similar to this one pictured in October 2017, are tackling a wildfire that threatens one of Spains’ famous Estrecho national parks (AFP Photo/MIGUEL RIOPA) More Madrid (AFP) – Firefighters were battling Wednesday to put...
by admin | Aug 1, 2018 | First Responders
A little girl in Northern California is doing what she can to help firefighters battling the deadly Carr Fire. Two-year-old Gracie Lutz and her mother, Chelsey Lutz, handed out breakfast burritos to a bunch of brave firefighters coming off their shifts on Monday...
by admin | Aug 1, 2018 | Fire news
UPPER LAKE, Calif. (AP) – Firefighters struggling to contain destructive Northern California wildfires found themselves facing a new blaze that erupted Tuesday and drove through a rural area near a national forest. About 60 homes in an old ranching and farming...
by admin | Aug 1, 2018 | Fire news
CREDIT: ASSOCIATED PRESS Above: A plane battling the Ferguson Fire passes the setting sun in unincorporated Mariposa County Calif., near Yosemite National Park on Sunday, July 15, 2018. Jessyca Lytle fled a fast-moving Northern California wildfire in 2015 that spared...