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CBC
a day ago
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- CBC
Brush fire near hospital in Kamloops, B.C., sends smoke billowing through city
The air is thick with smoke in Kamloops, B.C., as a brush fire burns behind the local hospital. Crews are fighting the fire, which is burning on a hill just south of Royal Inland Hospital in the city, about 250 kilometres northeast of Vancouver, near Peterson Creek Park. The city has asked residents to avoid the lower Peterson Creek area while crews are on scene, according to a Facebook post. Royal Inland patient Kaedyn Bert said he saw the fire start from his room on the sixth floor of the hospital. "It was raging for a good few minutes," he said. He said at least one tree became engulfed in flames and "went up like a campfire." "Thankfully, we have really good first responders in Kamloops here," Bert said. The B.C. Wildfire Service says it is dispatching support to Kamloops Fire Rescue.
CBC
2 days ago
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- CBC
Porters Lake brush fire was spreading to woods when crews arrived: assistant chief
Firefighters who were called to a brush fire Thursday afternoon near Porters Lake, N.S., were able to bring the blaze quickly under control. Someone called 911 at 1:30 p.m. AT to report flames in the woods near Exit 20 along Highway 107. Halifax Fire Assistant Chief Jim Stymiest said when crews arrived, they found two burning piles of brush — each three metres by three metres. "It was starting to spread into the nearby woods," he said. "Halifax crews deployed lines very rapidly to prevent any spread. The fire was contained and is now deemed out." Stymiest said it looks like someone had cut some brush in the area recently and stacked it in two piles. He doesn't know what sparked the flames, but said RCMP were on scene and are investigating. "We always look to see what the cause was but that's hard," said Stymiest. "If no one's around and there's no eyewitnesses, sometimes it's pretty tough." Four tankers and two engines responded to the fire. By 3 p.m., crews were being sent home from the scene. A few stuck around to keep an eye on any possible hot spots. Burning was not permitted Thursday in mainland Nova Scotia, including domestic brush burning and campfires. The fine for violating daily burn restrictions is $25,000.
Yahoo
4 days ago
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- Yahoo
Fire crews respond to blaze at Wetlands Park in east Las Vegas valley
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Just two weeks after a brush fire scorched parts of Wetlands Park, another fire was reported in the area Tuesday. The Clark County Fire Department responded to the fire in the Wetlands Park area just after 3 p.m. Brush fire sparks at Clark County Wetlands Park At this time, officials have not released details on how many acres were affected or the cause of the fire. This remains a developing story. Stay with 8 News Now for updates. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
CBS News
5 days ago
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- CBS News
Vegetation fire burns in Rodeo near homes, Highway 4
A brush fire was burning in Rodeo Monday afternoon near a residential subdivision and close to state Highway 4. The fire was burning grassland on the eastern edge of Rodeo just north of Highway 4 and east of Stirling Drive. The flames were seen just yards from homes on Dennis Court and also close to the Phillips 66 carbon plant off of Franklin Canyon Road. Cal Fire air tankers dropped retardant and helicopters performed water drops on the fire as crews on the ground dug lines around the blaze. There was no immediate word on the cause of the fire. As of 1 p.m., the fire had burned 15 acres, Cal Fire said.
CBS News
6 days ago
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- CBS News
Grass fire shuts off power at Sacramento's Riverbank Marina, impacting businesses
On a red flag warning day, a brush fire caused several businesses to shut down at the Riverbank Marina in Sacramento after losing power. Hungry customers were greeted by signs that read "Closed due to outage." "I got a front row [parking] spot and I was like, how did that happen? And now I know why, right," said sacramento resident Lori Organ. A grass fire broke out across the street from the marina Saturday morning. Sacramento Fire said they were able to contain it at one acre, but some power lines were damaged, causing outages at nearby restaurants and businesses. We were really excited about this weekend. Obviously, 80-degree weather. We only have about 12 or 14 Saturday's for the summer, so it's a huge impact," said Trevor Shults, owner of Crawdads on the River. Crawdads on the River, one of the several restaurants closed due to no power, had to cancel their saturday live music event. The owner of the restaurant is also thinking about his employees during peak season. Everyone was hoping to make money. We are a seasonal business, we're open year-round, but these summer months are where we make our bread and butter," said Shults. Sac Fire said the fire initially broke out near a power pole. It's unclear at this time what the cause of the fire was, but SMUD was on scene making repairs to the power lines for hours. "Fires start by accident all the time, it's just that time of year to be extra careful," said Archambeault. One company being extra careful is PG&E. They've had power shutoffs in place since Thursday. More than 11,000 customers across 16 counties have been impacted across Northern California. The reason for the shutoffs is so the wind doesn't knock trees into power lines or take power lines down altogether, potentially sparking a fire. PG&E said they understand it's hot out and people want their a/c but the shutoffs are for safety. "We know that for some customers it's an inconvenience. We know for others it's actually more than that because they rely on life-saving medical devices and other things that require electricity. So we certainly don't take decisions like this lightly, but the idea is to prevent catastrophic wildfires that can cause even more significant damage," said PG&E spokesperson Jeff Smith. "Sometimes we have to shut off power and hopefully it's not for a long time. And again the wind has died down," said Archambeault. Crawdads on the River said they will be open for business as usual on Sunday. PG&E said as high-risk fire conditions begin to dwindle into Sunday evening, they are hoping to get everyone's power fully restored.
