Latest Wildfire Headlines
All the headlines from our Wildfire Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Murder Arrest in 2003 California Wildfire
Oct 22 2009 // Almost six years after a wildfire destroyed nearly 1,000 homes in Southern California, prosecutors say they have enough evidence to charge a prison inmate with arson and murder in connection with the 2003 blaze. San...
Homeless Man Detained in California wildfire Probe
Oct 21 2009 // A homeless man was arrested and charged with arson for starting a tiny blaze in August near the spot where a gigantic wildfire erupted several days later, killing two firefighters, homicide detectives said...
Declarations
Oct 19 2009 // Wildfire Lessons “I’ll be very honest about it – we haven’t come up with anything different we could do.” —Fire Chief Garry Alderman, who heads the fire and rescue agency for wildfire-prone...
California Jury Orders First-Ever Wildfire Environmental Damages
Oct 19 2009 // A Los Angeles jury recently ordered two construction companies to reimburse the government for $36.5 million in damages from a 2002 wildfire, in the largest such award and the first-ever damages for environmental harm,...
California Wildfires Raise Landslide Risk
Oct 19 2009 // Rainstorms could send huge flows of water laden with mud, rocks and other debris toward cities below steep slopes of the San Gabriel Mountains stripped bare by a wildfire near Los Angeles this summer, according to federal...
Detectives Seek Transient in California Fire Investigation
Oct 14 2009 // Homicide detectives investigating a deadly wildfire that ravaged much of Angeles National Forest said they are looking for a transient suspected of starting a smaller fire several miles away. Babatunsin Olukunle, 25, has...
California Wildfires Raise Landslide Risk
Oct 8 2009 // Rainstorms could send huge flows of water laden with mud, rocks and other debris toward cities below steep slopes of the San Gabriel Mountains stripped bare by a wildfire near Los Angeles this summer, federal scientists...
Cooler Temperatures Aid California Fire Crews
Oct 6 2009 // Cooling temperatures and higher humidity on Monday gave firefighters some welcome relief as they waged an ongoing assault against a wildfire that had burned to the edges of a popular resort town in the San Gabriel...
South Carolina Still Looking for Lessons from Myrtle Beach Wildfire
Oct 5 2009 // The fire chief in one of South Carolina’s busiest tourist spots said he won’t alter his agency’s practices even though his crews failed to extinguish a small blaze that mushroomed into the worst wildfire...
California Fires Renew Push for National Arson Registry
Oct 5 2009 // The deadly fire at Angeles National Forest is renewing a push from California lawmakers for a national registry of convicted arsonists. Democratic Sens. Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein have filed legislation that would...
California Jury Orders Large, First-Ever Wildfire Environmental Damages
Oct 1 2009 // A Los Angeles jury Wednesday ordered two construction companies to reimburse the government for $36.5 million in damages from a 2002 wildfire, in the largest such award and the first-ever damages for environmental harm,...
California Wildfire Victims Want Probe
Sep 30 2009 // People affected by the massive wildfire that burned about 250 square miles northeast of Los Angeles are calling for a federal investigation into what they say was a poor initial response to the blaze. Angry residents of...
California Wildfires Smolder in Low Wind
Sep 28 2009 // https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2009/09/01/103448.htm All but the most remote sections of a pair of major Southern California wildfires were contained Saturday, but officials warned that dangerous fire weather...
California Wildfire Evacuees Urged to File Living Expenses
Sep 25 2009 // California Department of Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner reminded residents who have been evacuated due to the Guiberson Fire (Ventura County) that they may be eligible for reimbursement for additional living expenses...
Fire Rages in Ventura County
Sep 24 2009 // Another fire is raging in Southern California, stoked by the notoriously hot and dry Santa Ana winds, as the state moves into its prime fire season. The fire is in the north of the Los Angeles metropolitan area, and north...
California Regulators Nix San Diego Utility’s Wildfire Plan
Sep 21 2009 // California regulators soundly rejected a utility company’s plan to cut electricity to a vast swath of San Diego bedroom communities when the weather is ripe for major wildfires. The California Public Utilities...
L.A. Detectives Ask for Help in Wildfire Probe
Sep 14 2009 // Los Angeles homicide detectives investigating the deadly arson fire burning in the Angeles National Forest want to talk to anyone who made the initial efforts to report the blaze, authorities said Friday. The investigators...
Los Angeles Wildfire Has Destroyed 82 Homes, New Estimate Finds
Sep 11 2009 // Fire officials say a new damage survey shows 82 homes have been destroyed from the blaze burning north of Los Angeles, up four from the previous report. The U.S. Forest Service also increased containment of the fire to 71...
California Wildfire Called Arson
Sep 4 2009 // As of early Friday morning, the Station wildfire that is burning through the hills above Los Angeles was about 40 percent contained, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Prevention. Fire officials...
Southern California Fire Slowed by Weather
Sep 3 2009 // Firefighters made more progress Wednesday morning against a giant wildfire that has ravaged a national forest north of Los Angeles, with another day of cooperative weather providing a big assist to beleaguered fire...
