Rescues and Evacuations

9+ hour, 47+ min ago   (215+ words) A wildfire burning in Northern California has prompted evacuation orders for areas of Lake and Mendocino counties, authorities said. More than a dozen San Francisco firefighters were deployed to help battle the Lucas Fire Saturday, according to the fire department....

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (141+ words) Residents displaced by a six-alarm condo fire in Foster City last month are expected to return to City Hall Tuesday to ask city leaders to declare a local state of emergency. Roughly 150 people who lived at the Sea Spray Lane…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (109+ words) Firefighters from the Bay Area are traveling to New York City to honor the lives lost on 9/11 25 years ago. Bay Area firefighters traveling to New York City for 9/11 The first responders also want to honor the hundreds of firefighters who…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (150+ words) A man was rescued from inside a garbage truck early Wednesday morning in San Francisco, according to the San Francisco Fire Department. Firefighters were dispatched around 4:11 a.m. to the 100 block of Mason Street following a report of a person trapped inside…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (225+ words) Patch Crews Rescue 4 People From Burning Building In San Francisco Other residents in the building were being assessed. SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Fire crews in San Francisco rescued four people from a building fire Saturday night that was eventually contained. The…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (95+ words) August 30, 2026 / 8:59 AM PDT / CBS San Francisco San Francisco fire crews rescued four people from a building fire Saturday night, the fire department said. Firefighters were called around 10:30 p.m. to a multi-residential building that had smoke coming from the fourth floor. Four…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (800+ words) Current map of the Timber Fire. After nearly three weeks, two massive wildfires are continuing to grow in Big Sur, prompting new evacuations, highway shutdowns and business closures. The Timber Fire, which started Aug. 8 southeast of Loma Vista on a…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (186+ words) Fire crews with water-dropping aircraft attacked a small wildfire that prompted new evacuations Thursday along California's remote Big Sur coast, where a much larger blaze has been burning for nearly three weeks. The Plaskett Fire erupted the previous day in…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (697+ words) View of the Hawk Fire in South Reno, Nev., Aug. 23, 2026. RENO, Nev. — Tens of thousands of people evacuated from their homes over the weekend as the Hawk Fire burned on Peavine Peak outside of Reno near the California-Nevada state line,…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (1095+ words) Fire crews and local agencies respond to a fast-moving wildfire on the dry hillsides outside Reno, Nevada, on August 22, 2026. The fast-growing Hawk Fire that was spreading toward neighborhoods and consumed some homes in northwest Reno, Nevada, was caused by humans…...