Cal Fire crews are responding to a growing vegetation fire in the Dixie Valley area, near the Snag Hill Lookout.The blaze, ...

Containment is part of a larger plan for managing a wildfire. It is normally expressed as a percentage and it refers to how much of the fire perimeter has been surrounded/enclosed by a control line ...

What does 45% containment mean? Containment indicates what percentage of the fire perimeter has been surrounded by a control line. In this case, it means that 45% of the wildfire is halted from ...

Loomis Fire initially started 12:47 p.m. July 11 in Dixie Valley in Lassen County, California. By Sunday morning, it had swept through 565 acres, an increase of 25 acres since the last update. As of ...

Loomis Fire initially started today at 12:47 p.m. in Dixie Valley in Lassen County, California. Since its discovery four hours ago, it has burned 350 acres, an increase of 220 acres since the last ...

Firefighters working the Twain Fire in the Feather River Canyon have reached 10% containment, holding the fire at 276 acres ...