David Ruhl, an engine captain from South Dakota’s Black Hills National Forest, died sometime Thursday while battling the fire in the Modoc National Forest, U.S. Forest Service officials said in a press release.
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SAN FRANCISCO Firefighters rushed to contain a pair of fast-moving wildfires in Northern California on Saturday as they mourned the death of a U.S. Forest Service firefighter killed this week in the battle against one of the blazes, officials said.
He wanted to broaden his firefighting experience and improve his skills because he was so passionate about his job, Jacobson said.
A firefighter killed by a wildfire in Northern California was scouting the area exploring for ways to attack it when he became trapped after erratic winds stoked the blaze, officials said Saturday.
“When homes are threatened, there is an immediate need”, Horner said.
Firefighters are hoping that cooler weather this weekend may provide some relief, although thunderstorms present an additional threat of more lightning strikes, the original source of numerous fires. Brown also mobilized the California National Guard to help with disaster response.
Fires approach a home near Lower Lake, Calif., Friday, July 31, 2015.
“We saw it behind our house”. She said she was mad because Pat Houston, Whitney’s sister-in-law and former manager, spoke at the funeral. “The animals and the family is the most important”.
Some O.C. firefighters are assisting on the fire lines, while others are manning stations short-staffed because their crews are battling the blazes.
They expect to be there for 14 days, spending most of their waking hours fighting fires, and spending nights outdoors.
Choplick said the Pennsylvania contingent, comprised of two crews, responded to a recent call for 30 more crews.
A woman was arrested in connection with a small fire near Groveland, a stop-off point for travelers headed to Yosemite National Park.
In a separate foothills blaze northeast of Sacramento, evacuation orders have been lifted for residents of 50 homes. Only 5 percent contained by Saturday, it had charred 35 square miles south of Clear Lake, a popular summer recreation spot.
Residents of 200 homes in the central California community of Cascadel Woods were ordered to evacuate Thursday. The golden hills of California were being blackened Friday by a series of wildfires egged on by bone-dry vegetation, triple-…
Authorities say a boy acknowledged starting the fire near Bass Lake by playing with a lighter to burn pine needles. “It says a lot about the kind of guy he was that he took time away from his family to do that”. Searchers who were scouring the region all night found the body of David Ruhl Friday morning near the so-called Frog Fire, northwest of Adin, the Forest Service said.
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Almost 1,600 firefighters are working on the fire, which broke out on Wednesday and is only 5 per cent contained, according to a state fire information website.
