Defensible space inspections by Cal Fire aim to protect Butte County homes from wildfires
Cal Fire Butte County is ramping up efforts to prepare residents for the upcoming fire season by conducting defensible space ...
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Cal Fire-Butte County introduces new breathing apparatus
Cal Fire-Butte County welcomed in Breathing Support 42, a vehicle parked at Butte County Volunteer Fire Station 42 in north ...
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Oroville gas leak mitigated; former Biggs administrator appointed by Trump | Midday Report
President Donald Trump appointed Josh F.W. Cook, former Biggs city administrator, as the Environmental Protection Agency’s ...
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CAL FIRE’s ‘Fire Hazard Severity Zones’ map shows more homes in Chico are at very high risk to wildfires
Neighborhoods near Little Chico Creek are now considered in very high fire risk to wildfires. The updated map shows Picholine ...
Home destroyed by fire in Butte County; residents safe
A home on Big Bend Road in Concow was destroyed by a fire on Wednesday, according to Cal Fire in Butte County. Officials have ...
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First responders rescue man from island on Feather River in Oroville
CAL FIRE says that the male is stuck on a island approximately 40 feet in the Feather River and that the man's girlfriend ...
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Century-old home in historic district burns
The first blaze on March 22, 2024, damaged the home’s interior. Cal Fire-Butte County responded to an 8:21 p.m. call Saturday ...
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Cal Fire begins releasing new state-mandated maps showing highest fire hazard areas
In this first release, all but one of the cities Cal Fire mapped saw an increase in acres zoned. Out of the 35 cities included, Truckee in Nevada County and Chico in Butte County saw the largest ...