What to know about your garden soil following a wildfire
A number of readers have inquired as to the status of garden soil or landscaped ground following a fire.
LA wildfires live: Residents face new threats of mudslides and ‘toxic ash’ as rain hits Southern California
California braces for much-needed rain to help slow blazes after Trump’s visit to survey damage - Los Angeles could see up to a half-inch of rain - the highest amount from a single storm since April ...
As schools in LA reopen, parents worry about harmful ash from wildfires
Weeks after the most intense days of fire across the Los Angeles area, parents are grappling with the reality that toxic ash from burned homes and cars could be harmful to their children. It's a risk ...
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Hughes Fire evacuation and perimeter maps: New wildfire sparks in northern Los Angeles County
TAKE YOU ABOUT 12 MINUTES. BACK TO YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. LET’S GO TO L.A. COUNTY NOW, WHERE A FIRE HAS FORCED THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TO EVACUATE AS CREWS HAVE RUSHED IN TO TRY TO PROTECT HOMES.
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California wildfires: More than 30,000 flee as fire erupts north of Los Angeles
More than 30,000 people have been ordered to leave their homes north of Los Angeles after a new wildfire broke out in California. The latest blaze - dubbed the Hughes Fire - started late on ...
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Evacuations ordered as new, fast-moving wildfire threatens remote communities north of L.A.
More than 50,000 people were under evacuation orders or warnings Wednesday as a huge and fast-moving wildfire swept through rugged mountains north of Los Angeles, but fire officials said a rapid ...
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Hughes Fire in Castaic now 56% contained with rain in the forecast
Firefighters continue to make progress in containing the massive Hughes Fire that broke out Wednesday near Castaic Lake, growing to more than 10,000 acres and forcing mass evacuations. Around ...
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LA County's Hughes wildfire goes from brush blaze to 9,000+-acre conflagration; evacs ordered
A fast-moving blaze that began as a brush fire Wednesday spread across nearly 9,500 acres of bone-dry Los Angeles County, forcing evacuations of neighborhoods, schools and even jails as ...
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Wildfire-Risk Models Are Struggling to Predict LA-Style Fires
Among natural disasters, wildfires are the great unknown. Even the most-sophisticated scientific models fail to capture all the risk factors or properly account for the increasing impact of ...
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Firefighters battle wildfire near New Mexico-Arizona state line
CRYSTAL, N.M. — Firefighters are battling a wildfire reported Tuesday afternoon on the Navajo Nation near the New Mexico-Arizona state line. According to the Navajo Nation Council, a 133-acre ...
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New wildfire near Los Angeles explodes to 9,400 acres, forces evacuations
Hughes Fire burns more than 9,400 acres in Castaic Lake area Some 31,300 people under evacuation orders Red-flag conditions of strong, dry winds are fanning the flames Eaton Fire 91% contained ...
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New fire erupts in Southern California as thousands remain under evacuation from fast-moving Hughes Fire
Firefighters are tackling a new brush fire — dubbed the Sepulveda Fire — near Interstate 405 and Sepulveda Blvd in Los Angeles. The fire sparked hours after fire crews started to achieve some ...