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  • Scissors Fire closes down roads in Shelter Valley area

    A Cal Fire engine. (File photo courtesy OnScene.Media)

    Cal Fire crews were on the scene of a quickly-growing vegetation fire in the community of Shelter Valley on Sunday.

    The Scissors Fire reached 25 acres within an hour, burning out of control in light-to-medium fuel with a moderate rate of speed. By 4 p.m., the fire had spread to about 40 acres. However, no structures were threatened.

    The fire broke out about 2:20 p.m. Sunday near San Felipe Road and the SR-78.

    Both roads were closed by the California Highway Patrol, with officers allowing only passenger cars to pass through.

    Incident command requested two crews, two water tenders, one dozer, five engines and three air tankers. The fire was burning along the main highway connecting Julian and Borrego Springs in San Diego’s backcountry.

    No injuries were initially reported. The cause of the fire is under investigation.

    City News Service contributed to this report.


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  • Crews at scene of structure fire turned brush fire in Julian

    A Cal Fire San Diego truck at the scene of a brush fire. (File photo courtesy Cal Fire)

    Firefighters responded to a fully involved structure fire in Julian on Sunday that spread to surrounding vegetation.

    The fire broke out at about 11:30 a.m. Sunday in the 2900 block of Pheasant Drive in the Kentwood-in-the-Pines area of the mountain community, according to Cal Fire San Diego.

    About a quarter-acre of vegetation was burning in the initial report.

    Air resources were called in to help battle the flames. The department said a short time later that the fire’s forward progress was stopped.

    The cause of the blaze was not immediately available.


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  • Evacuation orders lifted for brush fire east of Ramona

    The Rancho Fire as seen from “Big” Black Mountain. (Image courtesy Cal Fire)

    A brush fire caused by a traffic accident spread east of Ramona Thursday, prompting evacuations before crews stopped its forward rate of spread.

    Just after 4 p.m. Cal Fire San Diego reported the progress after the fire had grown to 105 acres. The containment area held at 15%; 90 minutes earlier, the blaze had charred 50 acres, officials said.

    The fire caused no injuries or structural damage.

    The blaze erupted in the early afternoon off state Route 78, near Casner Road in the Ballena area, Cal Fire said.

    Within an hour, it had spread over two to five open acres, posing threats to structures, said Robert Johnson, a CalFire captain.

    Officials directed residents living in two zones north of SR-78 to leave their neighborhoods. The area included Whale and Creek mountains, Hatfield Creek, Rancho Ballena Road, Slaughterhouse Road, Witch Creek Mountain Road and Flying T Ranch Airport.

    By 4:40 p.m., the evacuation orders – residents had been sent to the Ramona Rodeo – had been lifted, along with warnings that been in place farther north of the burn area.

    Air tankers and water-dropping helicopters, meanwhile, joined ground crews to battle the brush fire as authorities limited access to the area.

    Westbound traffic on SR-78 is closed at Old Julian Highway, with eastbound traffic shut down at Rancho Santa Teresa, according to the California Highway Patrol.

    The fire started when a vehicle veered off SR-78 and overturned, officials said. Flames then ignited, spreading to roadside vegetation. An occupant of the truck suffered moderately serious injuries in the accident.

    It’s the second brush fire in North County in three days, with the Sandia Fire west of Interstate 15 100% contained as of Thursday.

    City News Service contributed to this report.

    Updated 5:10 p.m. Oct. 9, 2025


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  • Fast-moving Spring Valley brush fire 50% contained

    Heavy smoke billows over East County from a brush fire that broke out in Spring Valley. (Photo courtesy of Cal Fire)

    A hillside brush fire in Spring Valley near Sweetwater Reservoir that forced evacuations before ground and airborne crews were able to stop its progress was 50% contained as of Sunday morning.

    Cal Fire said that management of the fire has been transferred to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for mop-up operations, because the fire was on that agency’s land.

    The Lodge Fire erupted for unknown reasons off Jamacha Boulevard and Double Tree Road on Friday afternoon, Cal Fire said.

    Within 45 minutes, the flames, which were exhibiting a “critical rate of spread,” had blackened about 30 open acres, the agency said.

    Officials cleared people out of homes and businesses near the burn zone as ground crews and personnel aboard air tankers and water-dropping helicopters worked to douse the fire amid temperatures in the mid-80s. A temporary shelter for the displaced was set up at Skyline Church in La Mesa.

    The evacuation order was later downgraded to a warning as conditions improved and was later lifted.

    There were no reports of structural damage or injuries, The cause of the fire remains under investigation, officials said.

    City News Service contributed to this report.


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  • Pyrite fire erupts in Inland Empire, forcing evacuations near Jurupa Valley

    A brush fire ignited Friday evening near Jurupa Valley, prompting evacuation orders in the nearby communities of Jurupa Hills and Sunnyslope.

    Dubbed the Pyrite fire, it was reported at 5:19 p.m. as a 15-acre vegetation fire burning in “light flashy fuels” near Pyrite Street and Granite Hills Drive, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection Riverside Unit.

    The blaze had grown to 200 acres by 8 p.m., leading authorities to expand evacuation warnings as hand crews and firefighting helicopters worked to combat the flames. A map of affected areas can be viewed here.

    An evacuation center has been set up at Jurupa Valley High School, 10551 Bellegrave Ave. An animal shelter is located at 6851 Van Buren Boulevard.

    Nearly 300 firefighting personnel were assigned to the incident, alongside 40 engines, two helicopters and two water tenders, according to Cal Fire.

    Throughout the evening, the fire burned toward the San Bernardino County border, where residents in the nearby city of Fontana could clearly see the flames burning from the hillside.

    Shawn Millerick, a spokesperson for the San Bernardino County Fire Protection District, urged Fontana residents not to panic as crews were making “really good progress” slowing the forward progression of the fire. So far no evacuation warnings or orders have been issued for the Fontana area.

    The Fontana Police Department said that Sierra Avenue will be closed from Jurupa Avenue to Armstrong Road to allow fire crews to access the burn zone.

    “At this time, Fontana residents are not impacted, but smoke may still be visible throughout the region,” the department said. “Stay alert and follow official updates for any changes.”

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  • Firefighters take quick action as Hollywood Hills brush fire threatens homes

    Fire crews quickly converged on a brush fire that ignited Tuesday evening in the Hollywood Hills below several homes, according to L.A. fire officials.

    The blaze ignited around 6:40 p.m. north of West Sunset Boulevard in the 2100 block of Sunset Plaza Drive, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. It burned about a quarter of an acre of vegetation as it moved uphill, briefly threatening nearby homes.

    Within half an hour, officials reported that water drops from Fire Department helicopters were “significantly slowing” fire progress below the homes. About 80 firefighting personnel were assigned to the fire, which burned one car but did not affect any structures.

    Water drops from L.A. Fire Department helicopters significantly slowed the fire’s progress, officials said.

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    By 7:30 p.m., all active flames were extinguished and forward progress had been stopped, according to the Fire Department.

    Those living nearby were instructed to shelter in place while helicopters continued water drops to cool hot spots between homes and hand crews worked to reach 100% containment in very steep terrain. Shelter-in-place orders were lifted around 8 p.m.

    L.A. Mayor Karen Bass praised first responders for their “heroic” and rapid response to the blaze.

    “Tonight’s fire in the Hollywood Hills has been stopped without any structures being impacted thanks to urgent action from LAFD handcrews and helicopters as well as strong collaboration with the LA County Fire Department,” she said in a statement on X. “LAFD will remain on site into the night. We will stay alert through the current heat advisory, which the National Weather Service has extended through Wednesday.”

    After a sweltering Labor Day weekend across Southern California, a heat advisory remains in effect for a wide swath of L.A. County until 6 p.m. Wednesday, bringing with it an elevated danger of fire starts — a risk compounded by lightning from late-summer thunderstorms.

    Amid January’s historic firestorm in Pacific Palisades and Altadena, the Sunset fire ignited in the Hollywood Hills near Runyon Canyon, prompting widespread evacuation orders and massive traffic jams as residents rushed to flee the area. That fire was reported at 2350 N. Solar Drive, burned about 60 acres and was contained within 24 hours, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.

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  • Kunia arson suspect, 70, charged in Aug. 23 fire

    COURTESY HPD Antonio Vierra, 70. Vierra has been charged with arson in connection with an Aug. 23 fire in Kunia, according to the Honolulu Police Department.

    COURTESY HPD Antonio Vierra, 70. Vierra has been charged with arson in connection with an Aug. 23 fire in Kunia, according to the Honolulu Police Department.

    A 70-year-old man has been charged with arson in connection with an Aug. 23 fire in Kunia, according to the Honolulu Police Department.

    HPD’s Criminal Investigation Division’s Major Crimes Detail secured an arrest warrant for Antonio Vierra, the suspected arsonist of the Aug. 23 Kunia fire.

    At 8 :55 a.m., HPD’s Strategic Enforcement Detail arrested Vierra near North Kukui Street and Nuuanu Avenue on suspicion of second-degree arson.

    His bail is set at $50, 000.

    It is not immediately clear if Vierra is a suspect in other that burned hundreds of acres and sparked evacuations.

    On Aug. 13, HPD put out a plea asking for help finding a man who allegedly started a brush fire in the Kunia Loa Ridge Farmlands community at about 9 :30 p.m.

    A witness saw the man standing near the brush before setting it on fire. He then fled in a dark-colored four-door sedan of unknown make, model and license plate.

    The man is described as about 5 feet 9 inches tall, with a stocky build. According to police, HPD and HFD responded to three brush fire calls in Kunia between Aug. 11 and Aug. 13.

    Police for an arsonist who started a fire in Kunia on Aug. 19 that burned more than 600 acres and sparked evacuations.

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  • Early Morning Brush Fire In North Portland – KXL

    Fire creeps up the bluff next to N. Greeley Ave.

    Portland, Ore. – Portland Fire and Rescue battled a brush fire off Greeley Avenue, early Friday. Crews were dispatched just before 3:30 a.m. Firefighters reported burning debris rolling down the bluff as they worked to extinguish the flames in thick vegetation in rough terrain.

    Additional engines responded to the Overlook neighborhood above the fire.

     

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  • Fire crews knock down brush fire in Antioch after street evacuated

    Fire crews knock down brush fire in Antioch after street evacuated

    Widespread illegal fireworks shows spark blazes around the bay


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    Contra Costa Fire officials were able to knock down a grass fire that started late Thursday evening after the fire forced evacuations for residents on Lotus St., authorities said.

    The Contra Costa Fire PIO X social media account first posted about the fire at 10:13 p.m. on the 2700 block of Hillcrest Ave. in Antioch.

    Additional crews were called in to help with structure protection before fire officials began evacuations on Lotus Street at around 10:30 p.m., according to a post on X.

    Luckily, crews were able to stop forward progress of the fire and knock it down by shortly after 11 p.m.

    Crews will be staying on the premises to make sure the fire doesn’t reignite overnight. There was no word from officials when the evacuation order might be lifted.

    The incident was one of five different brush fires that crews responded to in Contra Costa. Several were in Antioch, along with an additional incidents in Bay Point and Martinez. All of the fires were contained without any reports of injury. Authorities did not confirm the cause of any of the fires.

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    Dave Pehling is website managing editor for CBS Bay Area. He started his journalism career doing freelance writing about music in the late 1990s, eventually working as a web writer, editor and producer for KTVU.com in 2003. He began his role with CBS Bay Area in 2015.

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  • Firefighters respond to vegetation fire by I-580 near Tracy

    Firefighters respond to vegetation fire by I-580 near Tracy

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    A vegetation fire by Interstate Highway 580 east of Corral Hollow Road near Tracy in San Joaquin County had reached 35 acres as of noon Thursday, according to Cal Fire. 

    Cal Fire said units were dispatched to the area at approximately 11:20 a.m. for what is being dubbed the Hollow Fire, which quickly spread to 35 acres.

    As noon, there was no information about containment.

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  • Serrano fire in Corona threatens homes, prompting road closures and evacuations

    Serrano fire in Corona threatens homes, prompting road closures and evacuations

    A brush fire erupted Monday afternoon in the city of Corona, threatening dozens of homes, closing streets and prompting some evacuations, according to the Corona Fire Department.

    The brush fire, dubbed the Serrano fire, broke out around 2:42 p.m. in the 600 block of Corona Avenue, not far from Serrano Drive, according to Corona fire spokesman Daniel Yonan.

    Late afternoon sunlight seeps through the brush as firefighters fight the Serrano fire from the ground and air in Corona on Monday.

    (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

    He said the fire started to move toward dozens of homes up on Mandevilla Way, prompting fire officials to call for two water helicopters and other reinforcements. Later in the afternoon, officials reported that the fire’s spread had been stopped and the blaze contained to less than 12 acres, although crews from 18 engines were on the scene and continuing to put out hot spots.

    No official evacuation orders were issued, but law enforcement officers asked residents living along Mandevilla Way, Via Blairo and Tampico Circle to evacuate out of precaution. Those orders were to remain in place until 8 p.m. Monday.

    Police also closed several major roads into the area, including Parkridge Avenue at Tesoro Way, Hidden Valley Parkway at Via Blairo and Corona Avenue at Gilmore Drive.

    No homes had been lost and no injuries reported as of 5 p.m. Monday. The cause of the fire remains unknown and under investigation.

    Fire officials plan to send more updates for residents on social media.

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  • Photos: The first major wildfire of 2024 in Los Angeles County

    Photos: The first major wildfire of 2024 in Los Angeles County

    A wind-driven wildfire along Interstate 5 near the Grapevine exploded to more than 12,000 acres by early Sunday and had charted a path south toward the town of Castaic, prompting evacuations throughout the area, officials said. The Post fire, which originated Saturday in Gorman in northwestern Los Angeles County, was only 2% contained Sunday afternoon as high winds, low humidity and steep terrain hampered firefighting efforts.

    Meanwhile, firefighters were battling another brush fire in the San Bernardino County community of Hesperia that broke out after 6 p.m. Saturday in the 18000 block of North Highway 173. That fire has burned more than 1,300 acres and was 20% contained.

    The Post Fire

    (Jason Armond/Los Angeles Times)

    Fire crews battle a hot spot on Orwin road.

    Fire crews battle a hot spot at the Gorman Brush Fire in northern Los Angeles County on Sunday.

    (Jason Armond/Los Angeles Times)

    Fire crews battle a hot spot.

    Fire crews keep an eye on flames from a burn out operation.

    (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

    Crews conduct a burn-out operation Sunday near Hungry Valley Road.

    Crew members of the Little Tujunga Hot Shots work to control flames.

    (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

    Firefighters at work in Gorman.

    Firefighters at work in Gorman.

    (Eric Thayer / Associated Press)

    Members of the Little Tujunga Hot Shots at work.

    The Post fire advances on structures in Gorman.

    (Eric Thayer / Associated Press)

    The Post fire advances on structures in Gorman.

    Firefighters work against the advancing Post Fire on Saturday.

    As the fire spreads, experts are gauging the severity of this year’s fire season. A wet winter has nurtured a potentially heavy fuel load of thick grasses, which are drying as temperatures rise.

    (Marcio Jose Sanchez / Associated Press)

    As the fire spreads, experts are gauging the severity of this year’s fire season. A wet winter has nurtured a potentially heavy fuel load of thick grasses, which are drying as temperatures rise.

    Firefighters work under a smoldering hillside left behind by the Post Fire

    (Marcio Jose Sanchez / Associated Press)

    A smoldering hillside is left behind by the Post fire.

    The Lisa Fire

    CalFire drops water from a helicopter to battle the wind driven Lisa fire from the air.

    (Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Times)

    CalFire drops water from a helicopter to battle the wind driven Lisa fire from the air in a canyon east of Moreno Valley on Sunday in Beaumont. As of 6:45pm the fire had burned 867 acres.

    Robert Gauthier, Jason Armond, Gina Ferazzi, Times Photography Wire Services

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  • Wind-driven Corral Fire forces evacuations near Tracy as it tops 11,000 acres

    Wind-driven Corral Fire forces evacuations near Tracy as it tops 11,000 acres

    TRACY — Neighborhoods southwest of Tracy were ordered to evacuate Saturday because of a wind-whipped wildfire that grew past 11,000 acres and closed part of Interstate Highway 580.

    The Corral Fire, first reported about 2:30 p.m. east of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s Site 300, reached 11,047 acres, with 13% containment, shortly before 11:30 p.m., Cal Fire said on its website.

    Residents east of Highway 580 between Corral Hollow Road and South Tracy Boulevard were the first ones told to leave by the San Joaquin County Office of Emergency Services.

    The evacuations were expanded to those living west of the California Aqueduct, west to Alameda County and south to Stanislaus County, the county office said in social media posts. More evacuation information is available at  sjready.org.

    A temporary evacuation point was established at at Larch Clover Community Center located at 11157 W Larch Rd, Tracy, CA 95304.

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    Zach Matthai captured this photo from Lathrop. 

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    The Corral fire that began east of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s Site 300 closed Interstate 580 from Corral Hollow Road to Interstate 5 in both directions, Caltrans said on social media.

    Two Alameda County firefighters were taken to local hospitals for treatment of minor to moderate burns, said Cheryl Hurd, a spokesperson for the department.

    Winds in the hills west of Tracy were 20 to 25 mph, gusting to 43 mph, said Dylan Flynn, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service. The wind was expected to remain elevated until after midnight, he said.

    The blaze, first reported at 2:39 p.m., was about 30 acres by 4:45 p.m. It jumped to 4,920 acres, with 10% contained, as of 7:35 p.m., Cal Fire said on its website.

    The cause of the fire wasn’t immediately known, Hurd said.

    Site 300, located 15 miles east of Lawrence Livermore’s main site, is home to facilities to support development of explosive materials as well as hydrodynamic testing and diagnostics, according to the laboratory’s website.

    Corral Fire Near Tracy
    The Corral fire from ALERTCalifornia/UC San Diego Highland Peak camera. 

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    The facility assesses the operation of non-nuclear weapon components through hydrodynamic testing and tests new conventional explosives for use as part of the nuclear stockpile, the laboratory said.

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  • Fire rescue: Crews at the scene of large brush fire in Volusia County

    Fire rescue: Crews at the scene of large brush fire in Volusia County

    Fire crews in Volusia County battled a major brush fire near Pell Road on Saturday.”Around 12:30 this afternoon is when we got a report that possibly broke out of the main fire that happened a couple of weeks ago or a week and a half ago,” Volusia County Fire Rescue Battalion Chief Scott Smoak said. “Since then, we’ve had units out here trying to work on this fire.”Smoak said the original fire had grown to 905 acres, with the breakout fire covering roughly 250 acres. Crews were also worried about various spot fires.At last check, the fire was 25% contained, and several helicopters dropped water over the area.The Volusia County Fire Rescue is at the scene with support from Forestry and Seminole County, along with other agencies.Officials blocked off part of Pell Road near Eagle View Road in Osteen until roughly 9 p.m. Zachary Miles and his cousins were waiting for the road to reopen. Miles was concerned about the animals at his house.” I was worried about the cows and the dogs, and then I remembered, oh yeah, all the other stuff we have, too,” Miles said. Officials said weather conditions only made battling the fire worse.”We’re extremely dry, especially in this part of the county. Any bit of people burning outdoors, any type of, you know, vehicles that creates sparks, those are our main concerns,” Smoak said. There is currently no information on what initiated the fire.

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    Fire crews in Volusia County battled a major brush fire near Pell Road on Saturday.

    “Around 12:30 this afternoon is when we got a report that [a fire] possibly broke out of the main fire that happened a couple of weeks ago or a week and a half ago,” Volusia County Fire Rescue Battalion Chief Scott Smoak said. “Since then, we’ve had units out here trying to work on this fire.”

    Smoak said the original fire had grown to 905 acres, with the breakout fire covering roughly 250 acres.

    Crews were also worried about various spot fires.

    At last check, the fire was 25% contained, and several helicopters dropped water over the area.

    The Volusia County Fire Rescue is at the scene with support from Forestry and Seminole County, along with other agencies.

    Officials blocked off part of Pell Road near Eagle View Road in Osteen until roughly 9 p.m.

    Zachary Miles and his cousins were waiting for the road to reopen. Miles was concerned about the animals at his house.

    ” I was worried about the cows and the dogs, and then I remembered, oh yeah, all the other stuff we have, too,” Miles said.

    Officials said weather conditions only made battling the fire worse.

    “We’re extremely dry, especially in this part of the county. Any bit of people burning outdoors, any type of, you know, vehicles that creates sparks, those are our main concerns,” Smoak said.

    There is currently no information on what initiated the fire.

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  • Toppled scaffolding, canceled beach festival, brush fires: Strong winds stir trouble for SoCal

    Toppled scaffolding, canceled beach festival, brush fires: Strong winds stir trouble for SoCal

    Late spring winds whipped through Southern California over the weekend and fanned multiple brush fires while also dashing the hopes of music festival-goers in Redondo Beach.

    The forecast for Monday and Tuesday promises to bring more strong gusts in smaller pockets of the region. That includes the Interstate 5 corridor near the Grapevine and parts of Santa Barbara, according to the National Weather Service, with projected gusts reaching 40 mph to 50 mph in the evening.

    The Antelope Valley is also expected to receive wind gusts up to 30 or 40 mph around the same time, forecasts show.

    A storm system brought cooler temperatures and light rain alongside the formidable wind gusts to the region, starting Saturday. While the winds were nothing to sneeze at, the gusts are common in late spring.

    “It was a pretty good wind event, but it wasn’t what I would call record-breaking,” meteorologist David Gomberg with the National Weather Service in Oxnard said.

    Gusts reached 68 mph at a weather station in the mountains east of the Cajon Pass, 55 mph in Santa Barbara Island and 53 mph in Montecito Hills north of Santa Barbara over a 24-hour period starting Saturday, according to the National Weather Service.

    The widespread winds arrived with the weak storm front that passed through the region, Gomberg said.

    The timing was unfortunate for fans of My Morning Jacket and Courtney Barnett, whose performances at the BeachLife Festival in Redondo Beach were canceled along with the rest of the event’s third day due to the “serious wind event that put the general public at risk,” organizers said in a Facebook post. Fans were able to attend shows on Friday and Saturday, where Sting and Incubus were among the performers.

    “While we take extraordinary measures to keep our fans, staff and artists safe, and while absolutely none of our engineered structures or systems failed, winds quickly reached very dangerous speeds and we put safety first,” organizers said in their post.

    The wind did not discriminate with its ruination.

    Strong winds toppled a scaffolding four to five stories tall onto a set of power lines in the 1000 block of North St. Andrews Place in Hollywood on Sunday, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. The scaffolding was erected against a building, but was swept out by the wind around 2 p.m., forcing emergency responders to divert traffic and pedestrians away from area.

    There were no reported injuries as firefighters responded to the scene, and no one was on the scaffolding during the incident, according to the fire department.

    LAFD firefighters also had to respond to a quarter-acre brush fire fanned by persistent winds in North Hollywood shortly before 3 p.m. near the 170 Freeway at Burbank Boulevard. Firefighters were able to contain and put out the fire within 25 minutes, LAFD said.

    Roughly 30 minutes later, firefighters responded to reports of a brush fire in the Sepulveda Basin in the 6100 block of North Woodley Avenue. Dry vegetation burned near an archery range, forcing employees and customers to temporarily leave the area; firefighters put out the blaze in about 70 minutes, LAFD said in a news alert. The flames were fanned by wind gusts of 20 mph to 30 mph, according to the fire department.

    Starting Wednesday, Southern California will see a light offshore event that will bring north and northeast winds to Los Angeles and Ventura counties.

    The winds will bring “very light and breezy conditions,” Gomberg said. Those winds will be coupled with decreased humidity and warmer temperatures, but thanks to the recent rains, vegetation in the region should not become too much of a fire hazard, he said.

    Southern Californians are not the only ones who will be battling headwinds. The National Weather Service in Sacramento cautions drivers that gusty winds are expected to kick up starting Tuesday from Vacaville north to Redding, with a high probability for wind gusts to reach 40 mph.

    No matter where drivers are heading during strong wind events, Gomberg said, they should be on the lookout for downed branches, fallen power lines and other wind-blown hazards in their general surroundings.

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  • Crews battling large brush fire in Palm Bay

    Crews battling large brush fire in Palm Bay

    PALM BAY, Fla. – Fire crews in Palm Bay are battling a 40-acre brush fire, officials confirmed on Saturday evening.

    Palm Bay Fire Rescue said they responded to the fire in the area of 2300 Irwin Ave. SW with assistance from the Division of Forestry, Malabar Fire Department, Brevard County Fire Rescue, and Melbourne Fire Department.

    Originally reported as 25 acres, the fire is now around 40 acres, but officials said the fire is under control.

    No structures were affected and no injuries were reported.

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  • New Jersey officials urge caution as state enters peak wildfire season

    New Jersey officials urge caution as state enters peak wildfire season

    What to Know

    • The NJDEP held a press conference on Tuesday morning to discuss updates and safety tips during the current wildfire season.
    • Last year was the most active fire year in more than a decade for N.J., with nearly 1,200 wildfires.
    • As of this January, almost 220 wildfires have occurred burning a total of about 170 acres.

    New Jersey authorities are warning residents of the potential risks and preparation steps as the state enters peak wildfire season this month.

    Last year was the most active fire year in more than a decade for the Garden State, with nearly 1,200 wildfires burning over 18,000 acres statewide, according to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP).

    Fourteen of the fires were considered major, with the most damaging one spanning over 3,400 acres in Ocean County — forcing 170 evacuations.

    The NJDEP held a press conference Tuesday morning to discuss updates on the 2024 wildfire season, as the forest fire service teams provided the latest statistics and new tracking tools.

    “New Jersey has some of the most volatile wildland fuels in the country,” said William Donnelly, New Jersey Forest Fire Service Chief, who continued to note the fires by the numbers.

    Since January 2024, almost 220 wildfires have occurred, burning a total of about 170 acres. In comparison, during the same time in 2023, the state had already reached over 350 fires with 970 acres burned.

    In 2021, from Jan. 1 to April 8, New Jersey had over 360 wildfires burning a total of 500 acres.

    This year, the state has executed more than 14,200 prescribed burns, or pre-planned and purposefully set fires to remove underbrush and organic material that could act as brush fire fuel.

    The team brought up wildfire prevention tips for residents to be mindful of during the season, such as properly discarding cigarettes and other smoking materials, as well as not leaving campfires unattended.

    “Protecting your home and other structures from wildland by creating defensible space, basically, space around your home that in the event of wildfire impinges on it, our folks [NJDEP] have room to work to get in between the fire and prevent any damage to improve the property,” Donnelly said.

    Low humidity, high winds and temperatures are perfect conditions for a brush fire to spread.

    Gregory McLaughlin is the administrator for NJDEP, Forests and Natural Lands, and announced a new online platform called the Wildfire Risk Assessment Portal where land managers, town officials and residents can check their exact location for fire risk.

    Later on Tuesday afternoon, firefighters responded to the scene of a brush fire burning in Elizabeth, New Jersey close to Newark Airport.

    The fire is not impacting flight operations at the airport, according to the Port Authority, and the cause of the fire was not immediately clear.

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  • RAW: Footage of vegetation fire burning in Antioch Friday afternoon

    RAW: Footage of vegetation fire burning in Antioch Friday afternoon

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