Evacuated residents relieved to return home following Fairfield grass fire
People in one neighborhood are feeling a sense of relief after they were told to evacuate in the face of "an immediate threat to life" Wednesday.
People in one neighborhood are feeling a sense of relief after they were told to evacuate in the face of "an immediate threat to life" Wednesday.
Evacuations have been lifted in Vacaville as crews stopped the forward progress of a grass fire.
Multiple vehicles were set ablaze in a fire in Rancho Cordova, officials said Monday.
Crews on Wednesday were battling a grass fire that sparked in Butte County.
Crews on Sunday battled a small vegetation fire that briefly forced evacuations in El Dorado County.
A grass fire with the potential to grow much bigger was kept to just a couple of acres in Sacramento County Saturday, officials say.
Sac Metro Fire stayed busy Tuesday evening as they battled two brush fires within hours of each other.
Crews stopped the forward progress of a vegetation fire that sparked near Valley Springs in Calaveras County on Sunday.
Forward progress was stopped in a grass fire that damaged several cars in Amador County on Saturday.
Sac Metro crews arrived to a grass fire behind a neighborhood on Evanston Way, with the flames threatening multiple homes.
Firefighters are battling a grass fire in Yuba County, said Cal Fire.
Crews are battling a vegetation fire south of Jamestown near Don Pedro Lake on Wednesday.
Even with the wetter winter this year and cooler temperatures this week, Sacramento firefighters warn fire danger is still very high. They have noticed a large uptick in grass fires across the valley.
The rainy and wet winter may be creating dangerous conditions in the Sacramento Valley.
Sacramento County fire estimated at 21 acres; forward progress stopped
The fire burned off Watt Avenue near McClellan High School. Forward progress was stopped at around 11 acres. No structures were burned.
Firefighters are battling a grass fire near the Rio Linda and Elverta areas on Friday.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
Firefighters halted a grass fire Sunday afternoon east of Sacramento.
Crews stopped the forward progress of a fire that ignited near the Nimbus Fish Hatchery along the American River late Saturday afternoon.
Two trailers belonging to homeless individuals burned and the flames spread to grass in the area.
Four structures, including three homes, were destroyed by fire in the Olivehurst area on Saturday.
A fire burning along the American River Parkway late Saturday afternoon was caused by a minor lighting a fireworks, officials said.
All mandatory evacuation orders have been lifted for the area of Ranch House Road and voluntary evacuations along Camp Far West to 10th Street are no longer in effect.
Fire crews are on the scene of a grass fire on Mather Boulevard and Douglas Boulevard, said Metro Fire.
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Tens of thousands of students have passed through Victory Elementary School in Stockton since 1923. One former student from the Class of 1942 was there.
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No injuries were reported.
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It's a sight not seen in Sacramento skies for more than twenty years. For the second week in a row, an entire air wing of large military jets landed at McClellan Park.
Tens of thousands of students have passed through Victory Elementary School in Stockton since 1923. One former student from the Class of 1942 was there.
The historical society in Wheatland is making a push to preserve a little-known wagon trail that marked the end of the Donner Party.