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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 347

California fires

Flames burn near the Klamath River during the McKinney Fire in the Klamath National Forest northwest of Yreka, California, July 31, 2022. (David McNew/AFP)
August 1, 2022, 5:40 pm
California’s largest wildfire this year kills two as state of emergency is declared
Fire ‘zero percent contained’ as of Sunday night; climate change, drought exacerbate blaze; more fires expected in coming months
By David McNew
The Oak Fire outside Yosemite National Park burns through trees near Jerseydale, California, July 24, 2022. (JUSTIN SULLIVAN/GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/Getty Images via AFP)
July 25, 2022, 12:40 am
6,000 evacuated as ‘explosive’ California blaze remains out of control
2,000 firefighters and 17 helicopters deployed to fight fire that has burned through 14,200 acres and destroyed 10 properties; ex-VP Gore warns against US ‘inaction’ on climate
By David McNew and Michael Mathes
Flames leap from trees as the Dixie Fire jumps Highway 89 north of Greenville in Plumas County, California, on August 3, 2021. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
February 23, 2022, 9:52 am
World must brace for more extreme and devastating wildfires, UN warns
International body’s environment program says the most ambitious efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions won’t prevent a dramatic surge in the frequency of extreme fire conditions
By Marlowe HOOD
Assistant Fire Manager Leif Mathiesen, of the Sequoia and Kings Canyon Nation Park Fire Service, looks for an opening in the burned-out redwood tree from the Redwood Mountain Grove which was devastated by the KNP Complex fires earlier in the year in the KingsCanyon National Park, CA, on November 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Gary Kazanjian)
November 20, 2021, 8:02 am
Wildfires torched up to a fifth of all giant sequoia trees in the US
The trees were once considered nearly fire-proof, but two years of blazes so intense to burn hot enough and high enough to kill so many giant sequoias show impact of climate change
By brian melley
In this September 2, 2021 file photo, cabin partially covered in fire-resistant material stands next to properties destroyed in the Caldor Fire in Twin Bridges, CA. (AP/Jae C. Hong,File)
September 18, 2021, 10:33 pm
Aluminum wrap used to protect homes in California wildfires
Wrapping deflects heat away from buildings, helping prevent flammable materials from combusting
By SCOTT SONNER
Deer pass a Greenville building destroyed by the Dixie Fire, on Aug. 7, 2021, in Plumas County, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
August 9, 2021, 4:29 am
California’s ‘Dixie Fire’ now second-worst in state history, authorities say
Blaze destroys 463,477 acres, up from the previous day’s total of 447,723 acres, and now covers area larger than Los Angeles
By Josh Edelson
An American flag is placed on a burned fire engine at a burned fire station in downtown Greenville, California on August 7, 2021. (JOSH EDELSON / AFP)
August 8, 2021, 6:50 am
Five reported missing as huge wildfire rages through northern California
Only 21% contained, Dixie Fire destroys 447,723 acres in four counties, up from previous day’s total of 434,813 acres burned and surpassing vast Bootleg Fire in southern Oregon
By AFP
Flames from the Dixie Fire consume a home on Highway 89 south of Greenville on Aug. 5, 2021, in Plumas County, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
August 7, 2021, 8:44 am
‘We lost Greenville’: Wildfire destroys a California town
Over 100 homes leveled as Dixie Fire burns through mountain town; no injuries or deaths immediately reported; efforts delayed as some residents refuse to evacuate
By Christopher Weber and noah berger
A house in Napa County burns in the Glass Fire, September 29, 2020. (Napa County Sheriff/ via JTA)
October 6, 2020, 5:07 am
How the Northern California fires affected an already disrupted Yom Kippur
Backup arrangements due to the coronavirus pandemic are changed again as congregations are forced to evacuate — some of them in the middle of services
By Maya Mirsky, Dan Pine and Gabe Stutman
Flames lick above vehicles on Highway 162 as the Bear Fire burns in Oroville, California, on Sept. 9, 2020 (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
September 10, 2020, 9:01 am
3 people dead as firefighters battle Northern California wildfires
Fire chief says personnel focused on saving lives rather than halting flames as inferno burns 25-mile path of destruction; thousands forced to flee their homes
By Terence Chea and brian melley
Firefighters ignite a controlled burn with drip torches while fighting the Creek Fire, September 6, 2020, in Shaver Lake, California (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
September 7, 2020, 12:00 pm
Millions risk power outages from raging California wildfires
Dozens of blazes ravage region amid record-breaking temperatures that are straining the state’s power grid
By MARCIO JOSE SANCHEZ and Christopher Weber
Flames from the LNU Lightning Complex fires leap above Butts Canyon Road on Sunday, Aug. 23, 2020, as firefighters work to contain the blaze in unincorporated Lake County, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
September 1, 2020, 6:04 am
Israeli firefighters arrive in California to help battle wildfires
‘As a Jewish mayor, I’m particularly proud and happy to see them come to our aid,’ says Sacramento’s Darrell Steinberg
By JTA
Flames from the LNU Lightning Complex fires leap above Butts Canyon Road on August 23, 2020, as firefighters work to contain the blaze in unincorporated Lake County, California. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
August 28, 2020, 10:35 am
Israel to send firefighters to help battle California blazes
Israeli team set to spend 2 weeks in the San Francisco Bay Area, where some of the largest fires in the US state’s recent history are raging
By ToI Staff and AP
Flames from the LNU Lightning Complex fires burn in unincorporated Napa County, California, on Aug. 18, 2020 (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
August 23, 2020, 8:14 am
Tens of thousands flee their homes as 1 million acres burn in California fires
Officials concerned expected weather change could bring more lightning strikes; 5 dead in blazes, 700 hundred houses destroyed
By DAISY NGUYEN and ADAM BEAM
de Toledo High School in West Hills Los Angelos, California. (de Toledo High School/Google Maps)
April 2, 2020, 12:53 am
Jewish school in LA donates 2,000 N95 face masks to local hospital and police
De Toledo High School in West Hills says that while cleaning of campus, it found boxes of masks purchased for community during the wildfires last fall
By Marcy Oster
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