Probe of Calif. Fires Lays Most Blame on Power Lines
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LOS ANGELES -- When the firestorms of October were finally extinguished and hundreds of thousands of Southern Californians returned to their homes, officials set out to understand how 21 fires erupted in the span of just three days.
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A dozen wildfires stoked by gusting winds burned out of control in southern California on Sunday, killing one person in San Diego and forcing thousands to evacuate homes from the celebrity enclave of Malibu down to the Mexican border.
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An investigation into a fire which claimed the lives of four firefighters finds officers were not given enough information.
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Fires raged across Southern California, burning some houses to ground and sparing others in their path.
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A lull in strong winds fanning one of the largest wildfires in California history helped firefighters as they battled to bring the blaze under control, state officials said.
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By David Sneed, The Tribune, San Luis Obispo, Calif.  Feb. 19--Normally, when a wildfire blackens hundreds of acres of sensitive resources, biologists bemoan the damage the flames caused the environment.   Not Sally Krenn.   The Pacific Gas and Electric Co.
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Fires raged across Southern California, burning some houses to the ground and sparing others in their path.
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Hot weather and high air-conditioning use in California on Thursday will likely cause the state's power grid manager to call a "Stage 2 power emergency," which causes mandatory electricity use cuts to come business customers, the grid manager said.
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Faulty electrical wiring may have sparked a fire that killed 10 people at a group home for the elderly and mentally ill, authorities said Wednesday.
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Wildfires burned unchecked on Tuesday in Southern California from Santa Barbara to the Mexican border, with hundreds of thousands of people forced to evacuate, at least 700 homes destroyed, and little hope for relief from the hot desert winds fanning the flames.
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A fast-moving wildfire that blackened 2,000 acres and forced the evacuation of more than 1,200 southern California residents was arson, authorities said on Monday.
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Fire investigators comb through debris to determine the cause of the blaze which swept through London's Royal Marsden Hospital.
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An investigation begins into the cause of a house fire which killed a man in Strabane, County Tyrone.
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An investigation is due to begin to discover the cause of a house fire which critically injured four teenage girls
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A federal grand jury indicted a hunter on charges he started the largest wildfire in California history &#151; last year's Cedar Fire, which charred 273,000 acres and killed 15 people.
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From the high desert to the Pacific Ocean, out-of-control wildfires engulfed swaths of drought-parched Southern California, claiming one life, destroying several homes and a church in Malibu, and forcing an entire community to evacuate
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Fire investigators said it is still unclear what started a fire at a UPS shipping hub in Hodgkins, which damaged seven trailers early Thursday.