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On October 4, 1877, McKeesport suffered a major fire when the Enterprise Foundry and Car Shop at Fifth Avenue and Market Street caught alight. Rapid spread resulted in damage to 32 buildings. The first organized department was created by the borough in 1885 by hiring one man responsible for maintaining a hose reel and a hook and ladder.
The fire had affected 50,000 to 100,000 people in the area, Church said Friday afternoon. The EPA has conducted air quality monitoring and deemed it safe, officials said.
Metrolink halted service in the area. [177] The Sunset Fire viewed from a rooftop in West Hollywood. The Sunset Fire started in the Hollywood Hills near Runyon Canyon Park on January 8, 2025, at 5:39 p.m. PST. This fire resulted in officials issuing an evacuation order for the Hollywood Hills area, which included tens of thousands of people.
The Silverado Fire [1] was a wildfire that burned in October and November 2020 in southern Orange County, California northeast of the city of Irvine. [2] The fire started on October 26 around 6:47 AM near Orange County Route S-18 (Santiago Canyon Road) and Silverado Canyon Road, fueled by strong Santa Ana winds gusting up to 80 miles per hour (130 km/h) and low humidity. [3]
The latest Los Angeles County wildfire, dubbed the Hughes Fire, began as a brush fire Wednesday a little before 11 a.m. before spreading to over 8,000 acres by around 4 p.m. local time.
The Hughes Fire started just before 11 a.m. Wednesday near Castaic Lake, north of where fire crews are working to fully contain the Palisades and Eaton Fires that have scorched more than 40,000 ...
The 2019 California fire season was less active than that of the two previous years (2017 and 2018), which set records for acreage, destructiveness, and deaths. In late October, the Kincade Fire became the largest fire of the year, burning 77,758 acres (31,468 ha) in Sonoma County by November 6.
The Palisades Fire has grown quickly, more than doubling in size within a few hours Tuesday. The fires have led to power outages all over the Los Angeles area. Show comments