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Mosquito concerns in Eaton Fire zones as stagnant pool water remains
Anais Medina Diaz, San Gabriel Valley Vector Control District, talks about mosquito control efforts in the Eaton Fire zone.
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California’s Mosquito Fire prompts more evacuations as it races toward mountain communities, burning homes and cars in its path
The Mosquito Fire burning in Northern California flared up Tuesday afternoon, charging toward a mountain community and torching more homes as it burned dangerously close to a high school. The ...
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The Mosquito Fire forced her out of her home. Days later, another blaze threatened the town where she found shelter
The quickly expanding Mosquito Fire had burned through more than 67,000 acres and was roughly 20% contained as of Thursday night, according to Cal Fire.Since sparking on September 6, it has become ...
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Mosquito Fire: Foresthill, other Placer County communities can begin returning home
Residents of the town of Foresthill in Placer County can begin returning home as evacuation orders were downgraded to warnings for the Mosquito Fire, officials said Monday afternoon. The Foothills ...
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Mosquito Fire now the largest in California this year
The fire is so intense it's causing poor air quality is states farther east. A wildfire that has destroyed dozens of homes in California is now the largest in the state this year. The Mosquito ...
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Mosquito Fire is at 21% containment, but how will a shift in the weather affect the spread?
Firefighters are looking to gain the upper hand on the Mosquito Fire in El Dorado and Placer counties ahead of an afternoon of stiff winds and possible rain Sunday. The fire, which erupted on ...
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Survivor of Northern California's Mosquito Fire still has "nightmares about burning" 2 years later
GEORGETOWN — El Dorado and Placer County communities continue to recover two years after the Mosquito Fire burned more than 76,000 acres. The fire started on September 6, 2022, destroying more ...
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Mosquito fire doubles in size west of Lake Tahoe, sending a pyrocumulus cloud skyward
Also Thursday, PG&E filed a report with the state disclosing “electrical activity” on one of its transmission lines near where the Mosquito fire ignited Tuesday evening, near Foresthill in ...
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Mosquito Fire near Sacramento is at a ‘tipping point,’ fire officials say.
northeast of Sacramento. PLACERVILLE, Calif. — The Mosquito fire, a 30,000-acre blaze raging through the Sierra Nevada foothills northeast of Sacramento, has calmed slightly Friday after ...
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Mosquito Fire burning in Tahoe National Forest balloons to over 5,000 acres
Cal Fire released another acreage update for California's Mosquito Fire on Wednesday at 8:40 p.m., reporting that blaze had grown to 5,705 acres and was threatening 1,002 structures. Earlier in ...
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Mosquito control ramping up pool treatments in Eaton fire area
The San Gabriel Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District is going pool to pool inside the fire perimeter and just outside to treat unmaintained pools, which if left alone, could breed 3 million ...