MENDOCINO NATIONAL FOREST, Calif. (CNN) — The August Complex Fire is now the largest in California’s history and has earned the special designation of a “gigafire.” Wildfires have become so extreme that experts have had to coin new terms to ...
JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. — Thousands of Oregonians lost their homes this past fire season. Many of those homes held essential documents that can be hard to replace. The Federal Emergency Management Administration and the Oregon Office of Emergency Management acknowledge ...
CENTRAL POINT, Ore. – The Red Cross is ramping down indoor sheltering operations at the Jackson County Expo. Emergency shelters were opened at the Expo in Central Point and at Phoenix Elementary School after the Almeda and South Obenchain Fires ...
CALISTOGA, Calif. (KGO/NBC) – Residents of Calistoga, California are back home after a wildfire forced them to evacuate last week. Evacuation orders have been lifted as the containment of the glass fire grew to 30%. Kitchen staff at the Hydro ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The government approved an amendment to Oregon’s Major Disaster Declaration that will allow federal reimbursement for debris removal. The Federal Emergency Management Agency said on October 5, a “Category A” disaster was authorized in Clackamas, Douglas, Jackson, ...
CALISTOGA, Calif. (NBC) — The Glass Fire continues to rage in Northern California, scoring it’s way across the state’s wine county. On night six of the wildfire, crews are conducting operations in Calistoga along Highway 29. Firefighters also had units ...
(NBC) California firefighters are getting help from Wisconsin. The Wisconsin National Guard sent two teams of Blackhawk helicopters to help with the worst fire season California has ever had. The teams have been flying over the so-called Creek Fire and ...
MEDFORD, Ore. – NBC5 News was the first news organization to ask county officials why the emergency alert system was never used during the Almeda fire. Both Sheriff Nathan Sickler and John Vial with the Emergency Operations Center have defended ...
ST. HELENA, Calif. (NBC) – California Governor Gavin Newsom tours hard-hit areas damaged by recent wildfires. On Thursday, October 1, the governor surveyed places in St. Helena scorched by the Glass Fire. While there he met with residents and local ...
ST. HELENA, Calif. (NBC) – Devastating wildfires continue to burn across Northern California’s wine country. Four deaths have been confirmed from a fire in Shasta County while in Napa and Sonoma Counties, officials fear hundreds of homes may have been ...