Tag Archives: Brush

About five years ago, Jesus Gomez spent a month in the hospital. As he pulls out his phone to show me photos, he stops and smiles. “They’ll scare you,” he jokes. Gomez scrolls through pictures of his head and torso covered in red splotches and thick brown scabs. “If they …

A football field-long area of brush burned along Highway 99 just before noon Thursday, shutting down one Atwater road and slowing highway traffic, according to fire officials. The fire started … Click to Continue »

A football field-length brush fire along Highway 99 closed an Atwater road and slowed highway traffic just before noon on Thursday, Aug. 4. … Click to Continue »

Fire officials say a beach towel is to blame for sparking a brushfire that burned two acres near Oakhurst. The blaze shut down Highway 41 near, Road 425 for several hours on Wednesday. Officials say the beach towel was being dragged under a car and it created enough heat to …

A 10-acre brush fire is burning near Millerton Lake in Fresno County. Cal Fire crews are working to contain the fire, which was reported around 4:30 p.m. near Auberry Road and Old Millerton Road. Cal Fire officials say no homes are threatened at this point. Some homeowners in the area …