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San Bruno Fire Chief Ari Delay will retire this October after leading the city’s department over the last five years.
Wildfires are raging across southern Europe, killing at least three people in Spain, Turkey and Albania. Thinly-stretched crews are fighting to contain the blazes after weeks of searing heat. A battle to protect the perimeter of Greece's third-largest city, Patras, has so far failed and only partially contained the gale-fueled blaze. In southern Albania, a wildfire caused explosions after detonating buried World War II-era artillery shells. Officials said on Wednesday that an 80-year-old man died in one blaze south of the capital, Tirana. A firefighting volunteer died in Spain, while a forestry worker was killed in southern Turkey.
A heat wave has gripped parts of Europe, with temperatures reaching 43 degrees Celsius in southern France. This extreme heat has increased the risk of wildfires, particularly in regions like Hungary and Bulgaria. Fires also caused fresh evacuations in Turkey's northwest. On Monday, France placed 12 departments on red alert, its highest heat warning. Social media images showed empty streets and residents trying to stay cool. The heat wave, France's second this summer, started Friday and is expected to last all week. Other European countries, including Hungary and the U.K., are also experiencing record-breaking temperatures and issuing warnings.
Firefighters in a mountainous area north of Los Angeles are making good progress in their battle against a brush fire that forced thousands of people to evacuate. The Ventura County Fire Department says the Canyon Fire ignited Thursday afternoon and spread rapidly in dry, steep terrain in Ventura and Los Angeles counties to more than 7.6 square miles with no containment by 11 p.m. A county spokesperson says no further growth was reported Friday morning, though the fire remained uncontained. The fire is burning just south of Lake Piru, a reservoir located in the Los Padres National Forest. It's close by Lake Castaic, a popular recreation area burned by the Hughes Fire in January.
An official in Turkey says the country faces a "very risky week" for wildfires as blazes across parts of southeast Europe and the Balkans damaged homes and led to a huge firefighting operation that included evacuations. Nearly 100 people face prosecution over the fires in Turkey. Blazes erupted near Turkey's fourth-largest city Bursa over the weekend. A wildfire also erupted Monday in forests outside the western port city of Izmir where 11 aircraft were helping ground-based fire units and residents battle the blaze. Forestry Minister Ibrahim Yumakli told reporters in Ankara on Monday that "we are in a very risky week." Blazes were also affecting Greece, Bulgaria and Albania.
The first fire I remember fighting happened in the dense mountains of Shasta-Trinity National Forest. Giant ponderosa pines crashed down aroun…
Budget woes, cuts to the federal wildfire-fighting workforce and President Donald Trump's threats against Canada have made it more difficult for state officials to plan for the upcoming wildfire season. In Washington, a $12 billion budget shortfall prompted majority Democrats in the Legislature this week to propose significantly slicing spending on wildfire prevention. State Department of Natural Resources Commissioner Dave Upthegrove says those drastic cuts would endanger public safety. As Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency slashes federal spending, the Trump administration withheld money for wildfire mitigation in several states and then fired thousands of workers involved in firefighting from various agencies.
The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously approved a resolution to affirm its commitment to supporting initiatives that…
Firefighters from Cal Fire and multiple other departments responded to a large residential fire in Burlingame Hills on Saturday morning.
