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REDDING, Calif. – The latest on California's devastating wildfires (all local weather):
1:10 pm
Firefighter from Redding, California, killed by a mbadive fire in the north of California was identified as Jeremy Stoke
The Redding Firefighters Union says that Stoke was a fire inspector, but that he did not reveal any other information.
He was the second victim of the fire that began on Monday in Shasta County.
The operator who was hired privately to clear the vegetation in the path of the fire
Officials said that the fire burned on the operator while. he was working to try to contain the fire. Forest and Fire Protection spokesman Scott McLean says at least 37,000 people have been evacuated after a deadly fire in communities in northern California
McLean says that They ask people to quickly obey evacuation orders. Dennis Beck, head of the Shasta Lake Fire Protection District, told Record Searchlight that firefighters are preparing for the winds reported Friday afternoon, which could blow up the storm in the town of Redding. Blaze in the town of Shasta Lake, north of Redding
Beck says that the entire city remains under compulsory evacuation.
It says winds that could reach up to 8 miles per hour are expected before 4 pm. Friday:
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12:15 pm
Officials claim that the three firefighters injured during a violent fire in northern California were treated for ear, face and eye burns. in the hands
The fire department says that his three firefighters were badigned to defend buildings when they were hit by a "sudden heat explosion."
Department says all were treated at Mercy Medical Center in Redding, California and released to be evaluated at UC Davis Burn Center in Sacramento
A firefighter and a bulldozer operator were killed by the fire .
Hospital spokesman Mike Mangas said five civilians were also treated for fire-related injuries. He says their wounds are not serious.
He says that six babies in the neonatal intensive care unit of the hospital where premature newborns receive care were evacuated as a precaution at the UC Davis Children's Hospital.
Steve Hobson says that he thought he would stay to save his home while a forest fire in Northern California was raging but the heat of the flames burned his skin and the smoke made him difficult breathing.
The former urban and forest firefighter from the town of Redding said Friday that he felt the fire suck the air around him, badping swirling embers into a "tornado of fire".
He says the police knocked on the doors and said he was running away
He returned to his home Friday morning and found the fence of his house burned with a shed at the house. back
but he says that his house went through the night
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Kenney says that the fire is contained only to 3% and could be spread in any direction.
The officials put the destruction to 65 structures, although it is likely to jump much higher.
destroyed in subdivisions along the Sacramento River.
At least two dozen houses in Redding Lakes Estates were brooding, although others escaped the flames unscathed.
Aerial footage showed dozens of ruined houses at Keswick Lake Estates in the north
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11:17
A 32-year-old man was charged with intentionally firing nine fires in California from South, one of which drove thousands of residents from
The Riverside County District Attorney's Office says Brandon McGlover of Temecula will be arrested Friday on 15 criminal charges that could be sentenced to life in jail.
The nine fires were set off Wednesday at Idyllwild, Anza and Sage areas about 100 miles east of Los Angeles. One of them became the Cranston Fire which reached 46 km² in the Idyllwild area of the San Jacinto Mountains.
Five houses were destroyed, more than 4,900 structures were threatened and approximately 6,000 people were evacuated
McGlover is being held instead of a $ 1 million bail. He must appear Friday afternoon at the Southwestern Justice Center in Murrieta
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11:00
An official claims that more than 5,000 people have been evacuated to shelters and that the authorities Expect a destructive fire Kelly Huston, spokeswoman for the California Emergency Services Bureau, said they are coordinating the routing of the California National Guard's planes to help combat the fires. flames.
Forest fires in the town of Redding and surrounding areas are developing rapidly in hot temperatures, low humidity and windy conditions. Temperatures are expected to reach 110 degrees (43 degrees Celsius) on Friday.
Huston says officials carry emergency supplies, including beds and food, to four shelters in Shasta County.
He says shelters are getting ready. a "long-term" event.
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10:20 am
A hospital official reports that eight people with fire-related injuries were treated at the Mercy Medical Center in Redding, California.
According to hospital spokesman Mike Mangas, three of the wounded are firefighters injured in a fire that is burning in Shasta County.
He says that no injuries are serious.
Mangas says that people arrive at the hospital with respiratory problems. Mangas says six babies in his neonatal intensive care unit, who are taking care of premature newborns, have been evacuated as a precaution.
He says the hospital was preparing high-risk patients to be evacuated, but the hospital remains open and fully functioning.
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9:25
Residents of northern California communities affected by a large fire say they had a few minutes to evacuate after officials knocked on their door in the middle of the night While the fire was spreading rapidly
Sharon Stapleton tells the Record Searchlight newspaper that she and her husband seized a pillow, shirts and trousers, medications, important documents and their two dogs and that they did not know what to do. they left them in their SUVs and motorhomes.
They left after a police officer knocked on their door on Thursday, which was his 71st birthday.
Stapleton says that she celebrated while sitting on a folding chair on the lawn in front of a mall in Redding, California, making calls to find out if
She says some of her neighbors have remained in place, hoping to escape the snowstorm
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8:30
Firefighters say 65 structures were destroyed by fire. A forest fire that is tearing rural towns in northern California. This follows a previous report of 15 destroyed.
The California Department of Forests and Fire Protection says another 500 buildings are threatened by the fire that killed two firefighters.
The city of Redding is growing rapidly in hot temperatures, low humidity, and windy conditions.
The fire that began Monday was extended overnight to 70 square miles (180 square kilometers)
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19659002] A firefighter was killed by a huge fire from Northern California forest, bringing death toll to 2.
The California Department of Forests and Fire Protection announced Friday that a firefighter had been killed in the town of Redding. Fire fighter in Shasta County.
The department says that it is investigating death.
Thursday's fire killed a bulldozer operator while it was trying to contain the fire
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7:40
A forest fire in the mountains from San Jacinto Southern California has grown to 46 square kilometers.
Authorities say only 3 percent of the perimeter of fire is contained on Friday morning. The conditions are calm but gusts of wind are expected in the afternoon
The fire was intentionally erected on Wednesday and spread rapidly into the woods and scrub near the town. Idyllwild and other communities about 160 kilometers east of Los Angeles. ] More than 4,900 structures are threatened and about 6,000 people evacuated
In Sierra Nevada, Ferguson's fire continues to grow just outside Yosemite National Park
. square kilometers), but confinement increased to 29%.
The Yosemite Valley and areas of Wawona National Park and Mariposa Grove remain closed.
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7:10
Hundreds of people who have fled their homes because of a huge forest fire in northern California are congregating in shelters as the fire clears up the sky with a red glow.
Videos posted on social media show long lines of cars moving slowly on a hig hway near the town of Redding as wild fire rages on the hills behind.
Dozens of evacuees are going to Shasta College, where officials have set up a shelter. Another shelter was installed in a primary school
Mandatory evacuations were ordered overnight for the town of Shasta Lake, which has about 10,000 inhabitants.
The inhabitants of the western part of Redding, which has about 92,000 inhabitants,
The fire has risen overnight to 70 square miles (180 square kilometers).
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6:40 AM
More evacuations were ordered as devastating incendiary fires an area in and around the town of Redding in northern California
The fire that Monday broke out on Thursday night and ran into small communities to the west of Redding before entering the city limits. impossible to determine an exact count and the number could climb much higher.
A bulldozer operator on the firing lines was killed and three firefighters suffered burns. Civilians were also injured.
Mandatory evacuations were extended overnight to include the town of Shasta Lake, which has about 10,000 residents.
Parts of Redding, which has about 92,000 inhabitants and is the largest city in the region.
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An explosive forest fire ravaged two small communities in northern California, killing a bulldozer operator on fire lines, burning three firefighters, destroying dozens of homes and forcing Thousands of
Flames swept through the communities of Shasta and Keswick before jumping the Sacramento River on Thursday and reaching Redding. It is a city of about 92,000 inhabitants and the largest in the region.
Redding, who had not received evacuation orders, was caught off guard and had to flee with little notice, causing traffic jams of several kilometers while the flames turned to heaven.
Firefighters turned attention away from flames to get people out.
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