Fires

2+ hour, 1+ min ago   (323+ words) Jennifer Howard used to pay about $11,000 a year to insure her West Marin County home through the California FAIR Plan and a difference-in-conditions policy. After years of wildfire mitigation work — new vents, gutter guards, enclosed eaves and a standing-seam steel…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (194+ words) Patch Scooter Battery Fire Forces Evacuation Of San Francisco Apartments The cause was determined to be a scooter with a lithium-ion battery that caught fire on the third story, officials said. SAN FRANCISCO, CA — A six-story apartment complex in San…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (83+ words) A Tesla caught fire Sunday morning in San Francisco's Marina District, officials said. Firefighters responded to the intersection of Fillmore and Pixley streets and quickly put out the electric vehicle fire, according to the San Francisco Fire Department. The fire…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (473+ words) The Bull Fire burns northwest of Reno, Nev., on Friday morning, Oct. 2, 2026. RENO, Nev.—A wildfire burning near the California-Nevada border marks the sixth ignition in the hills above Reno over the last two months. The Bull Fire grew to…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (157+ words) Two families were displaced and a dog was rescued after a fire heavily damaged two townhomes in San Jose early Friday morning. Calls reporting a structure fire at the townhome complex on Bellhurst Avenue came in around 4:30 a.m. The second floor…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (245+ words) The warning came from the San Francisco Department of Emergency Management, which posted the advisory through its official account at 4:47 pm UTC, telling residents and workers that “further instructions” would follow and urging them to “follow the instructions of public…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (380+ words) The block surrounded by Front, California, Sacramento and Davis streets has been cordoned off as San Francisco firefighters battle an underground electrical blaze on Oct. 1, 2026. An underground electrical fire spurred a shelter-in-place order due to smoke in the heart of…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (147+ words) SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- San Francisco crews are responding to reported vault fires and minor explosions in the Financial District Thursday morning. This has prompted a shelter-in-place order for the area near the intersection of California and Front Streets. It is…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (125+ words) A shelter-in-place was issued Thursday morning as firefighters investigate a suspected vault fire in downtown San Francisco, according to the San Francisco Fire Department. SFFD crews responded to 150 California St. following initial reports of smoke in a basement, possibly coming…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago   (138+ words) State Assemblymember Steve Bennett secured a law requiring water providers in fire-prone parts of Ventura County to maintain 24 hours of backup power or water. But Bennett failed to secure a broader statewide requirement for detailed fire-preparedness reporting from water suppliers,…...