With the Mendocino Fire Complex — an explosive combination of the River and Ranch fires — now officially ranked as the largest in California’s history at nearly 300,000 acres, a congressional delegation sent a letter today urging President Donald Trump to declare a major disaster in Mendocino, Lake and Napa counties. The move would free […]
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Update: Highway 20 Back Open
UPDATE: Calfire states in a tweet that Highway 20 is now open after the Pawnee Fire forced closures: “The California Highway Patrol has removed the road closure at State Route 53 and State Route 20 in Lake County and at State Route 16 and State Route 20 in Colusa County. State Route 20 is open […]
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Updated: Pawnee Fire Closes Sections of Highway 20
The Pawnee Fire exploded this afternoon and has closed sections of Highway 20 in Lake and Colusa counties, according to Caltrans. The agency’s Facebook page states, “SR 20 has been closed from the junction of SR 53 in Lake County to SR 16 in Colusa County. Caltrans will reopen the highway as soon as it […]
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Humboldt Crews Battling Pawnee Fire Save Vineyard (Slideshow)
Some 2,700 firefighters from around the state, including the Humboldt County Strike Team, are battling the Pawnee Fire burning north of the Lake County community of Clearlake Oaks, which as of this morning was 25 percent contained with 13,500 acres burned, according to Calfire. To date, 22 structures have been destroyed in the fire that […]
