October and November,” forest service officials describe online with a map of the state’s currently active fire towers. Fire towers first gained popularity in the 1900s, according to nonprofit ...

The new maps are expected to expand the roughly 800,000 acres currently in local fire jurisdictions zoned as “very high” by an additional 247,000 acres. Some 1.16 million acres will be categor ...

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The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection this week released new fire hazard severity zone maps for dozens of inland Northern California cities and towns — the first updates to ...

The city of Auburn is one area with a big increase compared to the last time the Cal Fire maps were updated in 2011. Eric Egli's Auburn home now sits in a new Cal Fire designated very high ...

FDNY Chief of Operations Kevin Woods acknowledged crews had to try to contain the fire from the exterior of the building. "We had the bell tower on fire," Woods added. "And again, a large portion ...

Haines Volunteer Fire Department received a call at 1:58 p.m. about the structure fire. The caller described flames coming from behind the home. Kane said the call likely came from someone who stopped ...

An overnight fire destroyed a garage and two vehicles in the Tower area. The fire was reported around 12:30 am in the 500 block of 2nd Street South. Tower, Breitung Township, Greenwood ...