The Rock Farm Fire destroyed two homes and threatened more than one thousand others on Tuesday. Officials tell us it started inside of a home before wind pushed it to nearby brush. Crews were able to stop the fire at 120 acres. A lot of people spent the d
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A Southern California wildfire that has been raging for several days south of Los Angeles is now 93% contained.
Two Sutcliffe residents escaped the flames of the Tule Fire last week, but they couldn't have done it without the help from first responders.
Flames from the Tule Fire raged dangerously close to the Pyramid Lake town of Sutcliffe, Saturday, forcing about 600 residents to leave their homes, and 200 visitors to leave the lake. Power, water and sewer services were lost, and expected to be down for most of the week, but residents got a nice surprise Monday.
Federal investigators say a California firefighting aircraft that crashed while battling a wildfire in Yosemite National Park might have struck a tree and torn off a wing as it approached the blaze.
The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection has set an agency record for the amount of retardant dropped on a wildfire in a single day.
On Wednesday the Minden Air Corp and U.S. Forest Service were out testing a refurbished passenger plane that could soon be used to fight fires in Northern Nevada. The entire plane was reconstructed at the Minden-Tahoe Airport.The drill was part of the certification process to approve the BAE-146 Fire Bomber to fight fires. More than 60 crew members were on hand to measure the amount of fire retardant falling from this newly converted aircraft. The plan can carry more than 3,000 gallons of fir...
The Bureau of Land Management brought a 10,000 gallon tank for fire retardant to be permanently installed at the Minden-Tahoe Airport.