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Growing Wildfire In Eastern California Prompts Evacuations: Fire Department
A rapidly growing wildfire in California's Eastern Sierra region burned through 1,000 acres and forced evacuations in multiple counties, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) said on Sunday.
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Watch: Kite Surfer Stranded On A Remote US Beach, Used Rocks To Spell 'Help'
Cal Fire's San Mateo-Santa Cruz Unit reported on Facebook that the stranded individual utilized rocks to create a large "HELP" message on the beach.
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AI Program Now Being Used to Spot Wildfires in California
California firefighters are using artificial intelligence to help spot wildfires, feeding video from more than 1,000 cameras strategically placed across the state into a machine that alerts first responders when to mobilize. In an example of the potential of the ALERTCalifornia AI program launched last month, a camera spotted a fire that broke out ...
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California's Deadliest Wildfire Finally Tamed After Two Weeks
The deadliest and most destructive fire in California's history was finally brought totally under control by firefighters, more than two weeks after it erupted, authorities said on Sunday. "#CampFire ... is now 100% contained," Cal Fire, the state fire authority, said in its latest bulletin on Twitter. The fire, which broke out on November 8, is so...
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Two Firefighters Die In California Fire 'Tornado', Thousands Flee
A fast-growing northern California wildfire killed a second firefighter on Friday after high winds drove it into the city of Redding, prompting mass evacuations, destroying 500 structures and threatening thousands of other dwellings and businesses, officials said.
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Firefighters Make Progress On Northern California Wildfire
Firefighters in Northern California have made progress on a stubborn blaze west of Sacramento, officials said on Thursday, allowing some residents to return to their homes after they were evacuated.
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California's Speeding Wildfire Forces Evacuations In Yolo County
A fast-growing wildfire that broke out over the weekend in Northern California, fueled by parched lands and high winds, prompted evacuations on Sunday and sent ash spewing over a wide area of the region, officials said.
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California Declares State of Emergency as Wildfires Rage
California Governor Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency Sunday as raging wildfires spread in the northern part of the drought-ridden US state, forcing thousands to flee the flames.
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Wildfires Rage Across California
Thousands of firefighters battled raging wildfires Sunday in drought-parched California, where officials evacuated entire neighborhoods and closed miles of highway in the path of the inferno, which has claimed at least one life.
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Growing Wildfire In Eastern California Prompts Evacuations: Fire Department
A rapidly growing wildfire in California's Eastern Sierra region burned through 1,000 acres and forced evacuations in multiple counties, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) said on Sunday.
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Watch: Kite Surfer Stranded On A Remote US Beach, Used Rocks To Spell 'Help'
Cal Fire's San Mateo-Santa Cruz Unit reported on Facebook that the stranded individual utilized rocks to create a large "HELP" message on the beach.
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AI Program Now Being Used to Spot Wildfires in California
California firefighters are using artificial intelligence to help spot wildfires, feeding video from more than 1,000 cameras strategically placed across the state into a machine that alerts first responders when to mobilize. In an example of the potential of the ALERTCalifornia AI program launched last month, a camera spotted a fire that broke out ...
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California's Deadliest Wildfire Finally Tamed After Two Weeks
The deadliest and most destructive fire in California's history was finally brought totally under control by firefighters, more than two weeks after it erupted, authorities said on Sunday. "#CampFire ... is now 100% contained," Cal Fire, the state fire authority, said in its latest bulletin on Twitter. The fire, which broke out on November 8, is so...
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Two Firefighters Die In California Fire 'Tornado', Thousands Flee
A fast-growing northern California wildfire killed a second firefighter on Friday after high winds drove it into the city of Redding, prompting mass evacuations, destroying 500 structures and threatening thousands of other dwellings and businesses, officials said.
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Firefighters Make Progress On Northern California Wildfire
Firefighters in Northern California have made progress on a stubborn blaze west of Sacramento, officials said on Thursday, allowing some residents to return to their homes after they were evacuated.
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California's Speeding Wildfire Forces Evacuations In Yolo County
A fast-growing wildfire that broke out over the weekend in Northern California, fueled by parched lands and high winds, prompted evacuations on Sunday and sent ash spewing over a wide area of the region, officials said.
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California Declares State of Emergency as Wildfires Rage
California Governor Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency Sunday as raging wildfires spread in the northern part of the drought-ridden US state, forcing thousands to flee the flames.
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Wildfires Rage Across California
Thousands of firefighters battled raging wildfires Sunday in drought-parched California, where officials evacuated entire neighborhoods and closed miles of highway in the path of the inferno, which has claimed at least one life.
