California
Strong, gusty winds that are preventing firefighters from using aircraft to attack the Etiwanda wildfire in San Bernardino County are expected to blow through Thursday afternoon, the National Weather Service says.
April 30, 2014
It’s going to get worse before it gets better for firefighters battling the Etiwanda fire in Rancho Cucamonga, according to the National Weather Service.
May 1, 2014
Firefighters made significant headway in their efforts to battle a wildfire that has charred more than 1,600 acres of parched brush in the San Bernardino National Forest near Rancho Cucamonga, the U.S.
An illegal campfire sparked a wildfire that raged out of control last week and charred nearly 2,200 acres in the San Bernardino National Forest near Rancho Cucamonga.
May 5, 2014
Erratic Santa Ana winds whipped through an already hot, dry Southern California on Wednesday, spreading flame with the gusts.
An air-attack supervisor in a plane flew over the Etiwanda fire Thursday afternoon to pinpoint where the blaze was flaring up as hundreds of firefighters cut containment lines amid searing heat and dangerously low relative humidity, fire officials said.
Firefighters were dousing the smoldering remnants of the wildfire above Rancho Cucamonga on Saturday, with the blaze more than two-thirds contained.
May 3, 2014
Classes at four high schools were canceled for Thursday because of poor air quality caused by a wildfire raging out of control in the San Bernardino National Forest near Rancho Cucamonga.
The Etiwanda fire raging north of Rancho Cucamonga was just 10% contained Thursday after having burned more than 1,000 acres, officials said.
A brush fire that began Wednesday in remote forest land above Rancho Cucamonga quickly grew to several hundred acres as strong winds whipped the area, officials said.