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24 Jul 2022

Namaste India: Fire raging in California, USA

A formidable form of fire is being seen in different places in California, USA. This fire has not been controlled so far. This fire broke out for the third time in the last two weeks. See full report.

California wildfires

24 Aug 2020

California braces for more lightning as wildfires kill seven

California braced for more lightning storms that could spark dozens of new blazes after over 600 wildfires in the last week burned an area three times the size of Los Angeles. The worst of the wildfires was around the San Francisco Bay Area with roughly 240,000 people under mandatory evacuation orders or evacuation warnings. The National Weather Service on Monday morning lifted a warning for lightning and high winds in the area, giving firefighters some relief, but kept the "red flag" alert in place.

California fires

20 Aug 2020

Helicopter fighting California wildfires crashes, pilot dead

Cal Fire said in a statement that a Call When Needed helicopter crashed on Wednesday while fighting a wildfire in western Fresno County. The Bell UH-1H helicopter was on a water dropping mission on the Hills Fire, about 9 miles (14 kilometres) south of Coalinga.

California fires

31 Oct 2019

Twin southern California wildfires menace Reagan Library, Getty Museum, homes

The blaze erupted early on Wednesday morning in Simi Valley, northwest of Los Angeles in Ventura County, and by nightfall had charred 1,300 acres (526 hectares) as crews fought to protect the Reagan library and some 7,000 homes in the path of the flames.

California fires

20 Oct 2017

California fires cause USD 1B in damages, burn 7,000 buildings

The wildfires that have devastated Northern California this month caused at least USD 1 billion in damage to insured property, officials said on Friday as authorities increased the count of homes and other buildings destroyed to nearly 7,000.

California fires

10 Jul 2017

Thousands flee California fires, state of emergency in British Columbia

Further to the north, the Canadian province of British Columbia was under a state of emergency as fire crews there also battled blazes fueled by searing temperatures and high winds.

20 Jun 2016

Fire scares Los Angeles as larger blazes burn across West

A new wildfire that broke out yesterday forced the evacuation of about 75 people from a tiny town in the California desert near the Mexico border.

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