Rescues and Evacuations

9+ hour, 46+ min ago   (215+ words) A wildfire burning in Northern California has prompted evacuation orders for areas of Lake and Mendocino counties, authorities said. More than a dozen San Francisco firefighters were deployed to help battle the Lucas Fire Saturday, according to the fire department....

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (141+ words) Residents displaced by a six-alarm condo fire in Foster City last month are expected to return to City Hall Tuesday to ask city leaders to declare a local state of emergency. Roughly 150 people who lived at the Sea Spray Lane…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (109+ words) Firefighters from the Bay Area are traveling to New York City to honor the lives lost on 9/11 25 years ago. Bay Area firefighters traveling to New York City for 9/11 The first responders also want to honor the hundreds of firefighters who…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (150+ words) A man was rescued from inside a garbage truck early Wednesday morning in San Francisco, according to the San Francisco Fire Department. Firefighters were dispatched around 4:11 a.m. to the 100 block of Mason Street following a report of a person trapped inside…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (186+ words) Fire crews with water-dropping aircraft attacked a small wildfire that prompted new evacuations Thursday along California's remote Big Sur coast, where a much larger blaze has been burning for nearly three weeks. The Plaskett Fire erupted the previous day in…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (1095+ words) Fire crews and local agencies respond to a fast-moving wildfire on the dry hillsides outside Reno, Nevada, on August 22, 2026. The fast-growing Hawk Fire that was spreading toward neighborhoods and consumed some homes in northwest Reno, Nevada, was caused by humans…...