Just 3 weeks after being added to the Cal Fire fleet, a converted military air tanker has taken to the skies on more than a dozen fires throughout the state, officials said. The retrofitted C-130 ...

LIVINGSTON, Calif. (KFSN) -- The Livingston City Council recently voted to authorize legal action against Merced County after county officials voted to close a popular CAL FIRE station.

Baldy Road, the area from Highway 138 south to the northern border of San Antonio Heights, and Wrightwood community, remained under evacuation, according to Cal Fire. Only 2 firefighters have been ...

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THE FIRE STARTED ON AUGUST 6TH IN A REMOTE PART OF THE COUNTY. CAL FIRE INVESTIGATORS DETERMINED THE FIRE WAS INTENTIONALLY SET, AND THEY ISSUED AN ARREST WARRANT FOR 48 YEAR OLD JASON ROBINETTE.

The area was under evacuation orders at the time, as the Line Fire, which started nine days earlier, spread in the area, according to CalFire. The county coroner collected the remains and is ...

Most were destroyed. There also were 12,168 structures threatened, Cal Fire said. The fire as of Sunday afternoon, Sept. 15 was estimated at 54,033 acres — up from 53,783 acres on Saturday ...

"The northwest flank of the fire continues to be the most active," according to Cal Fire. "Firefighters focused on direct attack along the fire’s edge with strike teams of engines, hand crews ...

"I couldn’t be more proud of the work that the deputies assigned to the Highland station and the Cal Fire investigators did to deliver a strong case to the DA," he said in written statement.