fires

Updated 9/8 at 1:04 p.m.Some residents evacuated due to the Helena fire in Trinity County began returning home to the Junction City area, after the…

Updated 9/3 at 9:04 a.m.The Ponderosa fire burning in the Sierra foothills of Butte County has grown to nearly 4,000 acres. It is now considered 56…

More than 1,600 firefighters battling a wildfire in the Sierra foothills east of Oroville appear to be making progress. Following an early morning…

With 10 homes destroyed, five damaged and 500 remaining threatened, Cal Fire announced the arrest of 29-year-old John Ballenger of Oroville in connection…

A 29-year-old Oroville man was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of starting the 2,500-acre Ponderosa Fire burning in the Sierra foothills of Butte…

Wildfires in Oregon and northwestern California are causing significant air quality issues today. The Environmental Protection Agency has issued air…

The Minerva fire continues to burn south of Quincy. The wildfire that started Saturday has now burned 1,700 acres and is now 30 percent contained.While no…

Authorities in Chico responded quickly Wednesday afternoon as a brush fire erupted on the eastern edge of town, spreading across 150 acres. The fire…

Cal Fire Butte County is reporting on Twitter that forward progress has been stopped in the 100-acre brush fire burning east of the California Park area…

Firefighters continue surveying the damage and are beginning to mop up after a wind-whipped wildfire exploded across the Happy Valley area of Shasta…