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Sacramento, CA - June 17, 2024 – The Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District (Metro Fire) has completed the full containment of the Jackson Fire, which burned approximately 900 acres. The fire is ...
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Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District firefighters were told about 7:20 p.m. Monday of a vegetation fire near Jackson Road, west of Excelsior Road, that quickly charred grassland as wind gusts ...
On August 17, the fire grew to 30,000 acres (12,000 ha) as it expanded rapidly north and east, crossing the North Fork Cosumnes River and approaching Sly Park Reservoir. By August 20, the fire had burned nearly to U.S. Route 50, forcing a closure of the highway. [13] Over the next few days, the fire crossed Highway 50 in the vicinity of Kyburz.
The 2022 California wildfire season was a series of wildfires throughout the U.S. state of California. By the end of the year, a total of 7,667 fires had been recorded, totaling approximately 363,939 acres (147,281 hectares) across the state. Wildfires killed nine people in California in 2022, destroyed 772 structures, and damaged another 104.
The Thompson fire sent up a huge plume of smoke and grew to nearly 5 square miles by Wednesday morning. It broke out Tuesday about 70 miles north of Sacramento, in and around Oroville. (Josh ...
The Caldor Fire was a large wildfire that burned 221,835 acres (89,773 hectares) in the Eldorado National Forest and other areas of the Sierra Nevada in El Dorado, Amador, and Alpine County, California, in the United States during the 2021 California wildfire season. [ 2] The fire was first reported on Saturday, August 14, 2021, and was fully ...
The Sacramento Regional Fire and EMS Communications Center, which dispatches crews from 10 fire departments across Sacramento County, received 1,465 emergency calls Thursday, a 45% increase from ...