RED BLUFF – The Red Bluff Municipal Airport was critical in the fight against the Park Fire. The largest influx at the airport was 37 aircraft, which beat the previous record of 33, according to airport manager Scott Miller. A makeshift tower is controlling incoming and outgoing aircraft as the helicopter tries to find the […]
Shingletown district evacuated as Park Fire advances north Flames from the Park Fire advance north along Highway 36 into the Paynes Creek area on Friday, July 26. Specifically for the Redding Record Searchlight After several nights of battling spot fires and attempting to bring the fourth-largest wildfire in state history under control, authorities issued an […]
CHICO, California — California’s largest wildfire of the year continued to spread Thursday as it tore through forests in very hot, dry weather. The Park Fire has burned more than 650 square miles (1,709 square kilometers) since it broke out on July 24 near the Sacramento Valley city of Chico and spread north along the […]
LAHAINA, Hawaii — Josephine Fraser feared that her young family’s next home would be a tent. Fraser and her partner, two sons and dog had moved nine times in nine months, from one hotel room to another, since the worst U.S. wildfire in a century destroyed their hometown of Lahaina, Maui. Sometimes they had just […]
