Tag Archives: Blaze

Two 13-year-old boys were arrested Wednesday in connection with a massive fire in Porterville that destroyed the city’s public library and left two firefighters dead. The firefighters killed in the blaze Tuesday night were identified Wednesday as Capt. Raymond Figueroa, 35, and Patrick Jones, 25. Figueroa has been with the …

A Merced County firefighter suffered minor injuries in a rollover accident in a Cal Fire engine just outside Merced city limits, according to the California Highway Patrol. A firefighter was … Click to Continue »

The fire that flared up overnight in Ventura County has scorched 50,000 acres so far and burned at least 150 structures. Among those destroyed were buildings at a psychiatric hospital, which is now sending some of its patients to the San Joaquin Valley. Photos from the Thomas Fire on Tuesday …

A woman and her adult child are expected to be without a home as firefighters with Merced City Fire Department battled a duplex fire Wednesday afternoon. The fire was reported … Click to Continue »

Firefighters acted quickly when a travel trailer caught fire in Turlock Thursday afternoon, keeping the blaze from spreading to a nearby car and house. Firefighters responded to the blaze at … Click to Continue »

Fresno Fire Department’s Twitter account @FresnoFire posted a video of a firefighter giving oxygen to a cat retrieved from an apartment complex fire in the 500 block of Winery Avenue on Tuesday, May 2, 2017. One person and the cat were treated at the scene, according to the post. … …

A fire that tore through a downtown building, destroying two businesses over the weekend, remained under investigation Monday. No one was injured in the Sunday morning blaze in the 600 … Click to Continue »

A seemingly unlikely hero emerged Tuesday morning in Atwater when he quickly extinguished a fire burning at City Hall, then chased the arson suspect for half a mile and detained … Click to Continue »

Two Merced firefighters and one resident were injured during a fire that burned two homes and an apartment complex Wednesday, according to fire officials. The blaze started just before 3 … Click to Continue »

Fire erupted about 4:30 a.m. A McDonald’s storage building was heavily damaged … Click to Continue »

A firefighter is recovering after getting hurt while battling a blaze at Maple near California in Southwest Fresno. Crews were called out to an abandoned home around three this morning and found the the home heavily engulfed in flames. Firefighters were able to knock it down quickly, but one firefighter …