Firefighters battle Redding dump blaze started by “unknown hazardous material”

REDDING — Firefighters spent about two-and-a-half hours knocking down and cleaning up after a fire erupted at City of Redding’s Solid Waste Transfer Facility Saturday morning, Dec. 1. According to fire officials, the source of this weekend’s fire was traced to an “unknown hazardous material” someone had recently dumped at the facility, at 2255 Abernathy Ln. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: […]

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UPDATED: BEAUMONT: Lamb Canyon blaze now 120 acres, 50% contained

If page fails to load properly, or displays as a plain-text document, try refreshing the page. I am working to resolve the problem. -TM   UPDATE: Thursday, May 25, 6:45 p.m. BEAUMONT — At 6:39 p.m., Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Public Information Specialist Tawny Cabral updated that the “Lamb” fire has now spread to 120 acres and is 50 percent contained. “Full […]

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