BOULDER CREEK – The volunteer firefighters who made up the Boulder Creek Fire Protection District wanted to face the challenge of their lives Wednesday: fight an unusual wildfire. By nightfall, the so-called CZU August Lightning Complex Fire had burned an estimated 25,000 acres in the mountains of Santa Cruz and …
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A rare summer thunderstorm brought lightning that erupted several small blizzards in Northern California on Sunday and ignited an enormous wildfire that forced hundreds of people out of their homes north of Los Angeles. More than 4,500 buildings were threatened by the fire that burned to thick, dry brush in …
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A blazing fire continues to rage thousands of acres in the Angeles National Forest between Santa Clarita and Palmdale, north of Los Angeles. The blaze, called the Lake Fire, has prompted evacuation authorities and road closures in the Lake Hughes area, CBS Los Angeles reports. The fire was reported at …
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A wildfire in California has forced the evacuation of hundreds of homes as it was largely undisturbed by densely forested mountains north of Los Angeles that finally burned 50 to 100 years ago, firefighters said Thursday. The frame of a car is burned as a fast-moving …
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Fires currently burning in the Amazon rainforest could be even more destructive than last year, but the Brazilian government denies that they even exist. On Tuesday, President Jair Bolsonaro called the fires a “lie” – because photos and videos from the region burned the forest. Fires in the Amazon for …
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