By MARCIO SANCHEZ and AMANDA LEE MYERS , Associated Press LAKE ELSINORE, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters made significant progress trying to tamp down a wildfire that threatened homes and has been raging for days south of Los Angeles, officials said Saturday. Aircraft have been making flight after flight, dumping water and bright pink retardant to…
By MARTHA MENDOZA , Associated Press ANDERSON, California (AP) — Exhausted and hungry, some 12,000 firefighters are working 24-hour shifts battling deadly California wildfires and becoming resigned to fire seasons that start earlier, burn longer and unleash increasingly unpredictable blazes. “There’s a lot going on up here, endless fires, and they’re all characteristically pretty much…
St. Louis County, MO (KTRS) Two firefighters suffered heat exhaustion while battling a fire in south county. Firefighters responded to a burning home in the 9400 block of Gentry Avenue around 11:30 a.m. Monday. Two firefighters were taken to an area hospital for a heat related illness. Two family dogs also died in the fire. There’s…
DE SOTO, Mo. (AP) — Four firefighters are recovering from non-life threatening injuries suffered while battling a five-alarm brush fire in Jefferson County. The fire was reported Thursday afternoon near DeSoto. About 15 acres burned, along with five sheds and a barn. One residence sustained an undisclosed amount of damage. Authorities say one firefighter was…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Southern California firefighters on Wednesday continued working to contain the fifth largest fire in the state’s history but warned that some communities are still at risk and could be in greater danger if unpredictable winds whip up again and fan the flames. Warnings of ideal conditions for wildfires were extended because…
By CHRISTOPHER WEBER, Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The fifth-largest wildfire in California history expanded Tuesday, ripping through dry brush atop a coastal ridge while crews struggled to keep flames from roaring down into neighborhoods amid fears of renewed winds. Elsewhere, fire officials announced that a cooking fire at a homeless encampment sparked a blaze…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Crews aided by calm overnight winds kept a wall of flames from descending from mountains into coastal towns after a huge Southern California wildfire exploded in size over the weekend. Thousands remain under evacuation orders Monday as the fire churns west through foothill areas of Carpinteria and Montecito, Santa Barbara County…
CHRISTOPHER WEBER, Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — As Southern California enters its second week engulfed in flames, fire officials anticipate more growth and danger due to continued strong wind gusts, no rain and decades-old dry vegetation. A powerful flare-up on the western edge of the largest and most destructive wildfire sent residents fleeing Sunday, as…
By JULIE WATSON and KRYSTA FAURIA, Associated Press FALLBROOK, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters in Southern California were on high alert for dangerous fire potential even before the first blazes broke out. But once flames met ferocious winds, fire crews were mostly powerless to stop infernos that destroyed more than 500 buildings, killed dozens of horses and…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) St. Louis Police and firefighters will soon see a pay raise after voters approved Proposition P. The measure passed with roughly 60% of the vote during Tuesday’s Special Election. Mayor Lyda Krewson said she appreciates the support from the voters on this ballot issue, “I’m so thrilled that the voters of the…