Additional firefighters have joined the effort to bring the 220,025-acre Creek Fire under control and snuff the threat to communities in Fresno and Madera counties. On Tuesday night, incident leaders reported that 2,878 personnel are now assigned to the Creek Fire. That's an increase of 253. Containment also improved from...
Tuesday’s Creek Fire Updates: 16% Containment, 555 Structures Destroyed, Huntington ‘Fire Tornado’ 1,400 Degrees
The Creek Fire continues as a threat to some foothill communities, but firefighters increased containment on Monday, Cal Fire officials said. The blaze that began Friday, Sept. 4, grew by about 18,000 acres to 220,025 acres on Tuesday morning as warm, dry conditions contributed to fire activity. During Monday night's...
Creek Fire: Some Fresno & Madera County Residents Allowed to Return, Check Interactive Map
Some residents in Fresno and Madera counties can return to areas within the Creek Fire zone downgraded from mandatory evacuation orders on Monday. To view the evacuation map, click HERE to search by address. Fresno County In Fresno County, people can re-enter the following areas: Zone F5L: The south boundary is...
NorCal Fire That Killed 3 Threatens Thousands of Homes
OROVILLE — A Northern California wildfire threatened thousands of homes Thursday after winds whipped it into a monster that incinerated houses in a small mountain community and killed at least three people. Several other people have been critically burned and hundreds, if not thousands, of homes and other buildings are...
Creek Fire Displaces Nearly 12,000 Residents. Return Could be Weeks Away, Officials Say.
Update: 8:30 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 9 Nearly 12,000 people in Fresno and Madera Counties have been displaced by the Creek Fire, a CalFire official said at a Wednesday evening briefing. The fire has now consumed almost 167,000 acres and continues to threaten mountain communities including Auberrry, North Fork and Oakhurst....
Creek Fire Evacuees Tell Their Tales of Escape and Wait
White flecks fell from the sky as if heaven were shedding dry skin. Instead, it was ashes from the 78,000-plus acre Creek Fire — burning in the mountains in Fresno and Madera counties and forcing evacuations of the residents there. Emergency officials are encouraging evacuees to stay with family or...
‘We’re Not Losing That School’: Firefighters Save Big Creek Elementary from Creek Fire
Firefighters who were battling Saturday to save the Big Creek Elementary School and other structures in the tiny Sierra community told Big Creek superintendent/principal Toby Wait that fire was coming at them "from four directions." But firefighters were determined to keep Big Creek School from being devoured by the Creek...
Creek Fire Displaces Nearly 12,000 Residents. Return Could be Weeks Away, Officials Say.
Update: 8:30 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 9 Nearly 12,000 people in Fresno and Madera Counties have been displaced by the Creek Fire, a CalFire official said at a Wednesday evening briefing. The fire has now consumed almost 167,000 acres and continues to threaten mountain communities including Auberrry, North Fork and Oakhurst....
US, Others Prepare Evacuations as Virus Spreads From China
BEIJING — The United States and several other nations prepared Tuesday to airlift citizens out of a Chinese city at the center of a virus outbreak that has killed more than 100 people. Hong Kong's leader said it will cut all rail links to mainland China and halve the number...
Wildfire Rages on LA's Northern Edge, Thousands Evacuated
LOS ANGELES — A wildfire raged out of control along the northern edge of Los Angeles early Friday, forcing thousands of people from their homes as firefighters battled flames from the air and on the ground. The blaze erupted late Thursday along the northern tier of the San Fernando Valley...