September 8, 2020 at 10:35 pm EL DORADO COUNTY (CBS13) — Firefighters are monitoring a new wildfire in the Eldorado National Forest. The fire, which has been dubbed the Fork Fire, started late Tuesday morning and is burning near the Airport Flat Campground. It is about 13 miles from Foresthill, authorities say. High winds and…
In this photo from the Whitman County Sheriff's Office, little remains of a building in Malden, Wash. Wildfire gutted the town of about 200 people south of Spokane on Labor Day. Whitman County Sheriff's Office/Facebook hide caption toggle caption Whitman County Sheriff's Office/Facebook In this photo from the Whitman County Sheriff's Office, little remains of…
More than 60 people trapped by a fast-spreading wildfire near Central California’s Mammoth Pool Reservoir in the Sierra National Forest had been rescued by the Air National Guard as of late Saturday, fire officials confirmed.Those rescued by helicopter included two people with severe injuries and 10 with minor injuries, the Fresno County Fire Protection District said in a Twitter…
At least 1,000 people were reportedly trapped by a fast-spreading wildfire near Central California’s Mammoth Pool Reservoir in the Sierra National Forest.The fire had already left at least 10 people hurt by Saturday evening.Forest spokesman Dan Tune said those trapped were told to shelter-in-place – even if it meant jumping in the water – after the only road…
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- A record-breaking heat wave combined with thousands of lightning strikes has sparked hundreds of wildfires around Northern California, burning homes and prompting evacuations.BAY AREA WILDFIRES: The latest on evacuation orders, road closures, containment numbersHere are the latest developments on the blazes in the Bay Area.Aug. 23, 20207 a.m.CAL FIRE updateThe agency…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…