Fire officials in Southern California continued clean-up operations Monday after a forest fire that burned more than a thousand acres was 100% contained following a weekend effort that involved evacuations and the temporary closure of a major interstate.
An evacuation order was lifted Saturday for parts of Southern California that had been besieged by a forest fire, with a forestry official reporting significant progress in bringing the blaze under control.
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Heavy rain that began pounding California on Tuesday threatened to unleash dangerous floods and mudslides, especially in areas ravaged by wildfires.
A wildfire continued its rampage through the San Bernardino National Forest in Southern California on Monday, but the U.S. Forest Service said fire crews were gaining ground.
Fires in central and southern California raged Saturday as triple-digit temperatures mixed with dry conditions continued to fuel the flames, torching thousands of acres and threatening scores of homes.
High winds make it difficult for crews to contain a two-thousand acre wildfire near the Grand Canyon.
Aircraft join the fight against wildfires that are obscuring the horizon of Big Bear, California.
Thousands of people attended a California memorial service Sunday for five men who died fighting the Esperanza Fire, which investigators blame on arson.
A firefighter who was the lone survivor of a five-man U.S. Forest Service crew that was overtaken by flames while fighting a Southern California wildfire last week has died.
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