DNA on ignition device links man to Line fire, California authorities say
Justin Halstenberg used paper wrapped around coins to set the blaze on Sept. 5, according to testimony. He has pleaded not ...
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CAL FIRE and Local Departments Quell Commercial Blaze on Monterey Road in Morgan Hill
Firefighters contained a commercial structure fire on Monterey Road, Morgan Hill, with multiple local units responding.
California fire agency employee charged with arson spent months as inmate firefighter
Robert Hernandez, 38, was arrested last Friday at the Howard Forest Fire Station in Healdsburg, California, on suspicion of ...
California firefighters will soon have a 66-hour workweek. Why Cal Fire will make the change
Decades ago, when firefighters weren’t working weeks at a time, they responded to calls at all hours of the day, for 96 hours straight.
Cal Fire engineer arrested, suspected of performing arson while off duty
The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection has arrested one of its own employees who is suspected of starting ...
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California fire departments get grants from PG&E
Some smaller California fire departments in northern and central California are getting grants from PG&E.
Brush fire burning near Campo threatens structures, prompts evacuations
A fast-moving brush fire burning north of Campo in San Diego’s East County was prompting evacuations and road closures on ...
California firefighter charged with arson was former inmate
Hernandez, 38, started a six-year sentence in 2017 after being convicted of vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated in San ...
‘It’s been a long time’: Chantry Flat, fire-scorched Southern California hiking site, reopens
Long a favorite destination in the mountains above the San Gabriel Valley, fans were eager to visit after fire and rain made ...
Cal Fire employee arrested in connection with off-duty arson
CAL FIRE law enforcement officers arrested Robert Hernandez, 38, a CAL FIRE fire apparatus engineer, at Howard Forest Fire Station Friday, and accused him of setting five fires while off duty. "I am ...