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California Firefighters Battle Major Wildfires

A wildfire that has destroyed dozens of cabins and forced the closure of 650,000-acres in Angeles National Forest prompted mandatory evacuations as smoke spread across communities northeast of Los Angeles.

News • September 25th, 2002

Santa Cruz Mountain Fire Burns 15 Homes, Barns

wildfire raced through the Santa Cruz Mountains above Morgan Hill on Tuesday, destroying 15 homes, barns and trailers as firefighters scrambled into the wee hours today to protect dozens of other houses. The 1,200-acre fire started Monday and grew...

News • September 25th, 2002

Investigations Focus on Firefighting Airplane Crashes in California and Colorado

The National Transportation Safety Board today released the following updated information on its investigations of two United States Department of Agriculture Forestry Service firefighting airplane crashes: Lockheed C130A at Walker, California on June...

News • September 25th, 2002

Grass Fire Burning Near Morgan Hill, California

Crews are on the scene of a grass fire burning in the Uvas Canyon area in south San Jose near Morgan Hill.

News • September 24th, 2002

La Verne, California Fire Forces Evacuations

A wildfire in the foothills above Los Angeles jumped from 8,000 acres to 12,000 acres in just a few hours Tuesday, sending smoke pouring over the sprawling metropolitan area and triggering public health warnings.

News • September 24th, 2002

Firefighters Contain Oakland Hills, California Wildfire

More than 100 firefighters stopped the spread of a wildfire in Oakland Hills early today after the blaze ravaged as many as 10 acres of UC property.

News • September 20th, 2002

Placer County, California Fire Reduces Homes To Ashes

Rocklin and Loomis area residents Thursday returned to sift through the ashes of what were their homes before a wall of flame roared through Placer County.

News • September 19th, 2002

Woman Accused in CO Blaze to Leave Halfway House

The woman accused of starting the largest wildfire in Colorado history can be released from a halfway house while awaiting trial but must be monitored electronically, a federal judge ruled Monday.

News • September 17th, 2002

Intense Logging Blamed for Wildfires

The Bush administration's timber-cutting prescription for the West's wildfire epidemic runs counter to the record of the last half century, when large forest fires erupted on the heels of the heaviest logging ever conducted by the U.S. Forest Service.

News • September 17th, 2002

Australian and New Zealand Firefighters Return Home from US Wildfires

Victoria today welcomed home 14 firefighters who had spent six weeks battling one of the worst bushfire seasons in the US.

News • September 16th, 2002

Idaho's Fire Season Tamed by Extra Manpower; More Crews Hired After 2000 Season

The weather helped. Luck surely played a part.

News • September 16th, 2002

1,400-Acre Agua Dulce, California Brush Fire Is Fully Contained

After burning about 1,400 acres in northwest Los Angeles County, a brush fire was fully contained Sunday, the Los Angeles County Fire Department said.

News • September 16th, 2002

Weather Helps Predict Wildfire Behavior

Steve Brown scowled at the digital map on his computer screen, particularly the clusters of red dots showing lightning storms.

News • September 16th, 2002

Fire Forces L.A. Home Evacuations

A brush fire erupted Monday in a wilderness park surrounded by suburbs, sending a plume of smoke over the Los Angeles area and forcing the evacuation of more than 30 homes.

News • September 10th, 2002

Immigrants Suspected in Arizona Wildfires

Illegal immigrants crossing into the United States in southern Arizona are suspected of causing eight major wildfires this year, which have cost taxpayers $5.1 million to fight.

News • September 10th, 2002

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