by News Staff | Apr 22, 2021 | Fire, Inyo County, Museums, National Park Service, News Releases, Press Release
DEATH VALLEY, CA – A fire destroyed the historic garage and damaged a second historic outbuilding at Scotty’s Castle on Thursday morning, April 22. The historic district in Death Valley National Park has been closed for ongoing repair work after extensive flood damage...
by News Staff | Apr 8, 2021 | Bureau of Land Management (BLM), CAL Fire, Fire, Inyo County, Press Release, United States Forest Service
UPDATE 3 | SATURDAY | APRIL 10, 2021 | 12:30 PM Excerpt: Size: 85 acres/Containment: 90%/Incident Type: Full Suppression Vegetation Type: Brush Current Situation: Great progress has been made by using resources through the day and night. Firefighters have line all the...
by News Staff | Apr 7, 2021 | Fire, Heavy Smoke, Public Health
American Lung Association shares tips to protect lung health as Southern California’s fire season approaches. LOS ANGELES (April 6, 2021) – Climate change is a public health emergency. Longer and more severe wildfire seasons due to rising global temperatures...
by News Staff | Mar 30, 2021 | CAL Fire, Fire, General Misc. Stories, Inyo County, News Releases
All the Commotion on the West Side of Independence? You may have noticed CalFire trucks and lots of work going on behind the museum on the west side of Independence lately. This work is associated with the fire break project that the Independence Fire Safe Council...
by News Staff | Mar 3, 2021 | Fire, General Misc. Stories, News Releases
Big Pine Fire Department purchased this HME Super 6 in Late September. They had it painted by Inyo-Mono Body Shop and had it outfitted in Late December. It has a single stage pump capable of 500 g.p.m. with a portable diesel pump delivering 200 g.p.m., plus 300-gallon...
by Community Reports/Events | Mar 3, 2021 | CAL Fire, Fire, News Releases
Incident Update as prescribed burns below Big Pine gets a little out of control. Bishop CHP Officer Otten took this photo of the fire as it was happening on Monday south of Big Pine.When CAL FIRE San Bernardino Unit announced a prescribed fire (presumably, controlled...