Timing the blazes between soggy storms, California State Parks workers and volunteers stage prescribed burns of piles of ...

Pillars of smoke filled the space between trees off of Colter Way in Magalia on Monday as partners with the Butte County Fire ...

If the index reads “very high” or above for the next 72 hours, no brush pile burning will be authorized. The resolution establishes penalties and fees. Violation will be considered a misdemeanor with ...

Los Angeles County keeps building in hillsides and canyons even as the fire risk worsens. For a century, the lure of ...

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Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. — The Santa Barbara County Fire Department plans to conduct prescribed pile burns along Paradise ...

According to a fire chief with Mountville Fire Company, at least 50 firefighters responded to the scene, with 29 different ...

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The pile burns are expected to take place at Ophir Mountain near Breckenridge beginning Tuesday, Feb. 11, with pile burns also occurring Thursday, Feb. 13, the news release states. Ignitions are ...

Over the next two days, the U.S. Forest Service will be burning piles of debris near McPhee Campground and Haycamp Mesa. “These are pile burns, not broadcast prescribed fire,” said Lorena Williams, ...