FIRE

Fire scorches two acres near Palm Terrace Apartments Monday night

Hand crews worked into the night at the site of a brush fire that blackened two acres on Red Hawk Lane near the Regal Cinemas Auburn Stadium 10 Movie Theater Monday evening. Accor ...

Fire strikes Downtown Auburn again

The second fire in a week broke out Monday afternoon on vacant property near the Pacific Gas & Electric substation at Landis Circle and Elm Avenue in Downtown Auburn. The fire ...

Downtown Auburn fire threatens structures

A fire in a vacant lot on the fringes of Downtown Auburn has reinforced a call in the foothills by firefighters to knock down new spring vegetation that has now turned tinder-dry. ...

No. 3 lane on eastbound I-80 open

The California Highway Patrol's Sigalert for the right lane (No.3) of eastbound Interstate 80 near the Newcastle Road exit after a series of small grass fires started next ...

Arraignment postponed for arson suspect

The initial arraignment for a Vacaville man accused of starting a fire and resisting arrest last week was delayed on Friday for a further 10 days. In 24-year-old Luke Carter&rsquo ...

Lack of rain raises Placer County wildland fire concerns

  Timing is everything. And for a rural neighborhood along Highway 193 in Newcastle, a fire sparked Thursday by a power line brushing tree branches overhead was early enough ...

Placer supes act on hazardous vegetation ordinance

The Placer County Board of Supervisors has approved the permanent expansion of the county's hazardous vegetation abatement ordinance to all of the county's unincorporated a ...

Added staff helps decrease Auburn Fire Department’s response time

  Auburn Fire Chief Mark D’Ambrogi is hoping the highest staffing level the department has ever had will equate to some of the quickest response times it has ever seen. ...

Auburn Police arrest teen for Skyridge School fire

  The Auburn Police Department has made an arrest in the arson fire case that took place at Skyridge School in September of 2012. At approximately 6:30 p.m. on Sept. 18 of l ...

Newcastle fire ordinance forbids excessive overgrowth

  With summer dry spells around the corner, a new ordinance will require Newcastle property owners to keep their lawns and fields in check. The Newcastle Fire Protection Dis ...