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Government & Politics
6:21 pm
Mon August 20, 2012

Cal Fire Burning Through Its Budget

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A fire burns in the Sierra - file photo
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By Bob Moffit

Fire season in California is about half over, but the state has already spent more than two-thirds of its $93 million firefighting budget.

H.D. Palmer is with the California Department of Finance. He says the state is prepared to pay, whatever the cost.

“If we do spend more for fire suppression than is in the budget, that doesn’t mean that the tankers don’t fly, that doesn’t mean the hand crews aren’t out there, that doesn’t mean the trucks don’t show up, we will have emergency appropriation authority to do that.”

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Developing: Fire Watch
6:43 pm
Sat August 11, 2012

Fire Threatens Community of Meadow Lakes

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UPDATE: Sunday 6:30 p.m. The Lanes Fire is now 80 percent contained. CalFire reports that 11 firefighters have been injured.
UPDATE: Sunday 7:30 a.m.
CalFire officials now say that the Lanes Fire has consumed only 138 acres and is 30 percent contained. Over 500 firefighters are at work battling the blaze. 
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Residents in the Fresno County mountain community of Meadow Lakes are being advised to evacuate their homes today due to a brush fire burning near the "four lane" section of Highway 168. 

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Forest Fires
8:01 pm
Thu August 9, 2012

Lightning Caused Fires Continue to Burn in Mountains

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The Bear Fire continues to burn in the rugged Sierra National Forest east of Fresno.
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A portable mixing plant for fire retardant helped firefighters battle the Piute Complex fire.
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A portable mixing tank for fire retardant helped firefighters battle the Piute Complex fire.
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Fires sparked by lightning on Saturday  continue to burn today in rugged terrain in the Sierra Nevada mountains, nearly a week after they began. In the Sierra National Forest east of Fresno the Bear Fire has consumed over 700 acres of timber between Edison and Florence Lake.

Ten smoke jumpers, four helicopters and four fixed wing aircraft are battling the blaze, which is in terrain ranging from 7,500 to 9,000 feet in elevation. The fire is currently 50 percent contained. No structures are threatened. 

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Government & Politics
9:44 am
Tue July 31, 2012

California's Budget On Hook For Wildfires

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By Ben Adler

The wildfires blazing across California this fire season aren’t just burning through trees, grasses and homes, they’re burning through the state budget as well.  

Fifteen helicopters. Seven bulldozers. 46 fire engines. And 900 people. It took all that to fight a single California wildfire this summer – the Robbers fire in Placer County. It’s paid for with a special state emergency fund. If that runs out, says H.D. Palmer with the governor’s Department of Finance.

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