Mariposa Fire Mountain Community Fire Information
Tumey Fire (Fresno County) Started 4/29/2017, updated 4/29/2017
El Dorado Fire (Fresno County) Started 4/28/2017, updated 4/28/2017
Debris fire damages city truck
Debris being carried by a Merced city refuse truck caught on fire Thursday, damaging the vehicle but causing no injuries, officials said. The truck had been loaded with debris collected … Click to Continue »
Read More »Soledad Fire (Monterey County) Started 4/24/2017, updated 4/24/2017
Jayne Fire (Fresno County) Started 4/20/2017, updated 4/20/2017
Fire damages Ceres
Fire broke out in a house on Suncrest Drive in Ceres, California, on Tuesday, April 18, 2017. (John Holland/jholland@modbee.cm) … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced couple escapes garage fire without injuries, their cat wasn’t so lucky
A Merced husband and wife made it out of their rented home on Saturday night after the garage caught on fire, the Merced Fire Department reported. At 9:03 p.m. 16 … Click to Continue »
Read More »66 Fire (Riverside County) Started 4/13/2017, updated 4/13/2017
Possible CAL FIRE Agreement Available for Public Review
The Board of Supervisors directed staff at their January 17 meeting to develop a possible contract with CAL FIRE for command and control of the Mariposa County Fire Department. That agreement is now available for public review.
Read More »Atwater to buy two new fire vehicles; will study transparency tool
New vehicles, transparency and safety were all part of discussions Monday at Atwater City Hall. The City Council voted unanimously to pay for two new “fire command vehicles” at a … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced man opened fire into a crowd in 2014 after he was beaten up. On Monday, he was sentenced to 39 years to life in prison.
A 26-year-old Merced man was sentenced Monday to 39 years to life in prison in connection with a 2014 drive-by shooting that left one man injured. Michael E. Janes was … Click to Continue »
Read More »This 12-year-old lost his house to a fire and his guitar to a thief. But, thanks to a kind gesture, the music is back.
First, a fire ripped through the home of young Joe Tapetillo III. With their home half-destroyed and uninhabitable, the boy and his family were forced to move to a hotel … Click to Continue »
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