Situation improving, crews may call off evacuation orders Firefighters have increased containment on a wildfire in northern California with the state fire chief saying the situation is improving, according to CBS News.
Two Southern California teenagers were arrested Thursday for allegedly beginning two brush fires. Two California teenagers were arrested Thursday night for allegedly starting two brush fires, adding to the wildfire epidemic that is wreaking havoc through Southern California.
Firefighters struggled to contain intense wildfires in Southern California Thursday. The fires have destroyed thousands of acres as well as many residential homes.
Fire officials in southern California announced that as of Thursday evening the Etiwanda wildfire burning outside of Los Angeles had grown to over 1600 acres and was just over 50 percent contained.
As the last evacuation orders are lifted for the communities threatened by the Colby Fire in Southern California, the three men allegedly responsible for sparking the inferno remain in jail. Each is being held on half a million dollars bond, while they await a decision as to whether they will face federal charges for their actions.
Residents of California are facing water shortfalls in the driest year in recorded drought history. In response to and in preparation for extreme drought conditions, Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. declared on Friday a State of Emergency.
One week after the Pfeiffer wildfire sparked near Los Padres National Forest in the Big Sur region of central California, all of the evacuated residents have been allowed to return to their homes and mandatory evacuation orders have been lifted.
