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Wednesday’s Creek Fire Update: 220,025 Acres, 18% Containment, 650 Structures Destroyed

September 16, 2020

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 Cre...

Tuesday’s Creek Fire Updates: 16% Containment, 555 Structures Destroyed, Huntington ‘Fire Tornado’ 1,400 Degrees

Bill McEwen

September 15, 2020

The Creek Fire continues as a threat to some foothill communities, but firefighters increased containment on Monday, Cal Fire officials said. In Madera County, Cal Fire said, "particular attention will be pa...

Creek Fire: Some Fresno & Madera County Residents Allowed to Return, Check Interactive Map

Jim Jakobs

September 14, 2020

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....

NorCal Fire That Killed 3 Threatens Thousands of Homes

AP News

September 10, 2020

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 a...

Creek Fire Displaces Nearly 12,000 Residents. Return Could be Weeks Away, Officials Say.

Bill McEwen and Randy Reed

September 9, 2020

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 cons...

Creek Fire Evacuees Tell Their Tales of Escape and Wait

David Taub

September 7, 2020

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...

‘We’re Not Losing That School’: Firefighters Save Big Creek Elementary from Creek Fire

Nancy Price

September 7, 2020

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 de...

Creek Fire Displaces Nearly 12,000 Residents. Return Could be Weeks Away, Officials Say.

Bill McEwen and Randy Reed

September 7, 2020

US, Others Prepare Evacuations as Virus Spreads From China

AP News

January 28, 2020

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. The U.S. government ch...

Photo of LA County firefighters battle the Saddleridge fire

Wildfire Rages on LA’s Northern Edge, Thousands Evacuated

AP News

October 11, 2019

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...

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Wednesday’s Creek Fire Update: 220,025 Acres, 18% Containment, 650 Structures Destroyed

Tuesday’s Creek Fire Updates: 16% Containment, 555 Structures Destroyed, Huntington ‘Fire Tornado’ 1,400 Degrees

Creek Fire: Some Fresno & Madera County Residents Allowed to Return, Check Interactive Map

NorCal Fire That Killed 3 Threatens Thousands of Homes

Creek Fire Displaces Nearly 12,000 Residents. Return Could be Weeks Away, Officials Say.

Creek Fire Evacuees Tell Their Tales of Escape and Wait

‘We’re Not Losing That School’: Firefighters Save Big Creek Elementary from Creek Fire

Creek Fire Displaces Nearly 12,000 Residents. Return Could be Weeks Away, Officials Say.

US, Others Prepare Evacuations as Virus Spreads From China

Wildfire Rages on LA’s Northern Edge, Thousands Evacuated

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