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Schoolteacher Mary Ludwig gets goose bumps when she remembers the first time she met bus driver Kevin McKay. “I said, ‘Who the heck are you?’” she says via Zoom. “’Cause I knew all the bus drivers from field trips. He’s like, ‘I’m Kevin McKay.’ I said, ‘You’d better be good!’” The pair were setting off on a terrifying, five-hour journey …

HONOLULU — Officials on the Hawaiian island of Maui have lifted evacuation orders for residents living near a wildfire that broke out late Tuesday. Police went door-to-door evacuating residents and emergency sirens sounded before firefighters stopped the blaze’s forward progress. Emergency shelters were also closing late Tuesday as residents returned home. The fire, which grew to about 300 acres (40 …

Firefighters guard California sequoias as wildfire threatens ancient trees  The Washington Post Firefighters Race to Save a Treasured Sequoia Grove in California  The New York Times Garnet Fire grows in size over the weekend, crews battle blaze threatening Sequoias  ABC30 Fresno California firefighters race to protect ancient sequoia trees as wildfire spreads  The Guardian Garnet Fire Rages Across Sierras: Latest News  The Weather Channel Source …

Few if any filmmakers can build and breathlessly sustain visceral intensity with the command of Paul Greengrass, who brings documentary realism, kinetic energy and heart-pumping adrenaline to stories drawn from life or fiction, generally about people caught in explosive situations. The Brit director is a master of chaos. That makes him an ideal fit for The Lost Bus, which plunges …

JURUPA VALLEY, Calif. (KABC) — A brush fire erupted in Jurupa Valley on Friday and forced evacuations for many people. By Saturday, the fire grew to 521 acres and was at 20% containment. At one point on Saturday, containment was at 15%, but after the fire grew from 425 acres to 521 acres, Cal Fire dropped the containment to 10%. …

Wildfire near Yosemite National Park tears through historic Gold Rush town  SFGATE TCU September Lightning Complex: Flames devastate historic town of Chinese Camp  KCRA ‘It’s just devastating’: Wildfire destroys buildings in historic Gold Rush town of Chinese Camp  San Francisco Chronicle Chinese Camp: Historic California gold mining town overrun by fast-moving wildfire  CNN Wildfire tears through California gold rush town  yahoo.com Source link

Portions of a historic California Gold Rush town once home to Chinese miners was burned as hundreds of lightning strikes sparked numerous fires across Northern California. The wildfires, which sparked Tuesday around 4:05 p.m. in multiple locations in Calaveras and Tuolumne counties, has burned 12,473 acres as of Wednesday morning, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. …

Facebook Tweet Email Link Tuolumne County, California AP  —  A quick-moving wildfire scorched thousands of acres Tuesday and burned homes in a California Gold Rush town settled around 1850 by Chinese miners who were driven out of a nearby camp. The fire rapidly grew to 6.25 square miles in size, forcing the evacuation of the Chinese Camp Town and surrounding …

‘It’s just devastating’: Wildfire destroys buildings in historic Gold Rush town of Chinese Camp  San Francisco Chronicle Chinese Camp: Quick-moving wildfire scorches historic California gold mining town, burning multiple homes  CNN 6-5 Fire: Several homes destroyed in historic town of Chinese Camp  KCRA TCU September Lightning Complex fires force evacuations in 3 counties in California’s Central Valley  CBS News Lightning sparks fires in Tuolumne …

Wildfire Destroys Buildings in Gold Rush Town of Chinese Camp  The New York Times 6-5 Fire: Several homes destroyed in historic town of Chinese Camp  KCRA TCU September Lightning Complex fires force evacuations in 3 counties in California’s Central Valley  CBS News ‘It’s just devastating’: Wildfire destroys buildings in historic Gold Rush town of Chinese Camp  San Francisco Chronicle Lightning sparks fires in Tuolumne …