Wildfire smoke to affect air quality in Bay Area
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A haze visible in parts of the Sacramento Valley is from multiple wildfires burning in Northern California. A north wind is pushing the smoke to the valley, and a high-pressure system is locking it in with little wind.
A new wildfire was reported today at 3:55 p.m. in Riverside County, California. The wildfire has been burning on private land. There is no update on the containment progress of the fire and its cause remains undetermined.
Laguna Beach police said they identified the suspect as a 13-year-old boy, who was arrested on suspicion of felony reckless burning of forest land.
A massive California wildfire has prompted evacuation orders and a highway closure. The Madre Fire ignited Wednesday afternoon in San Luis Obispo County, according to Cal Fire. It has since grown to 79,936 acres and is 30% contained as of Sunday, fire officials said.
A new wildfire was reported today at 4:26 p.m. in Riverside County, California. Veg/zl/7542 Fire has been burning on private land. There is no update on the containment of the fire and its cause has yet to be determined.
The Eaton and Palisades fires in January caused an unprecedented level of destruction, killing at least 30 people, destroying more than 16,000 homes in L.A. County and leaving a burn zone 2½ times the size of New York’s Manhattan. Two weeks into peak fire season, wildfires are spreading in California. Officials say it’s just the beginning.
The Rancho fire, which burned nearly five acres in Laguna Beach, prompted evacuations and caused power outages.
The fire has prompted evacuation orders, warnings and highway closures in San Luis Obispo County about 100 miles north of Los Angeles.
LAGUNA BEACH — A 13-year-old boy was arrested on suspicion of setting off fireworks that sparked a wildfire this week in coastal Southern California, forcing the evacuations of about a hundred canyon homes, authorities said.
California frequently suffers some of the costliest disasters in the country. Now state officials fear they’ll be left to face them without federal funding.
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