Sierra Pacific – Riverside County News Source

Family heirlooms lost in Burney fire that destroyed coop, shed

December 30, 2020 Trevor Montgomery

BURNEY, Calif. — Officials say nobody was injured but many irreplaceable family heirlooms were destroyed after a fire erupted in a Burney chicken coop and spread to a nearby shed and surrounding vegetation Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 29. Although nobody was injured in the fire, the blaze destroyed the chicken coop, “leaving five chickens homeless and confused as to where to […]

Citing “extreme wildfire conditions,” SPI closes all public access to its CA forest lands

August 19, 2018 Trevor Montgomery

As California continues experiencing its worst fire season in ten years, with more than 820,000 acres already burned across the state as of Aug. 10, Sierra Pacific Industries recently announced they had closed all public access to its forestland holdings in California. SPI’s announcement was immediately met with both praise and frustration, with countless California residents voicing their opinions about […]