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Fire raced through a garage early Friday, gutting part of a home on the northern outskirts of Merced and displacing three people, including an elderly couple. Rob Parsons/rparsons@mercedsunstar.com … Click to Continue »

Fire raced through a garage early Friday, gutting part of a home on the northern outskirts of Merced and displacing three people, including an elderly couple. Calfire Merced County firefighters … Click to Continue »

A seemingly unlikely hero emerged Tuesday morning in Atwater when he quickly extinguished an arson fire burning at City Hall, then chased the suspect for half a mile and detained him for police. Rob Parsons/rparsons@mercedsunstar.com … Click to Continue »

The number of dead trees in California’s drought-stricken forests has risen dramatically to more than 102 million, according to the results of a new aerial survey released Friday by the … Click to Continue »

Meadow Fire Incident Information: Last Updated: November 16, 2016 9:50 am Date/Time Started: October 29,2016 11:15 am Administrative Unit: Sequoia National Forest County: Tulare County Location: East of Trail of 100 Giants between Lloyd Meadow Road and Western Divide Highway. Acres Burned – Containment: ***This is not a CAL FIRE …

The Marek fire started at 05:41am on the 11/14/2016. The fire is 50 acres and is 50% contained. The forward rate of spread has stopped. Currently, there are 26 engines, 6 hand crews, and 1 helicopter assigned to the fire.

Jacobson Fire Incident Information: Last Updated: November 14, 2016 2:27 pm Date/Time Started: October 20,2016 5:00 pm Administrative Unit: Sequoia National Forest County: Tulare County Location: Jacobson Drainage in the Golden Trout Wilderness Acres Burned – Containment: ***This is not a CAL FIRE incident, For more information click on the …

Merced has pegged a former interim fire chief for the permanent job, the city announced on Monday. Michael Wilkinson has served as the interim fire chief and fire marshal in … Click to Continue »

Gopher Fire Incident Information: Last Updated: November 14, 2016 6:00 pm FINAL Date/Time Started: November 13,2016 11:14 am Administrative Unit: CAL FIRE San Diego Unit County: San Diego County Location: Off Gopher Canyon & Interstate 15 Acres Burned – Containment: 28 acres – 100% contained. Long/Lat: -117.158475/33.254355

Ignitions Have Started for Deadwood Prescribed Burn SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK, Calif. November 10, 2016 – Following a successful test burn this morning, and a determination by the burn boss and fire management staff, the Deadwood Prescribed Burn has started in Sequoia National Park. Ignitions will continue for four to five …

The Hidden Fire, located in the Golden Trout Wilderness east of Mountain Home Demonstration State Forest has burned 4 ½ acres since being discovered on October 29th. Steep and rugged terrain and numerous dead trees surrounding the fire forced firefighters to step back and monitor this fire from a safe …

The Meadow Fire, located east of the Trail of 100 Giants in the Western Divide Ranger District is being evaluated as a fire managed for resource benefits. Currently, this fire is about an acre in size, spreading slowly along the ground with active fire high in an overhead tree. As …