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Lawsuit alleges utility company is responsible for deadly McKinney fire in Northern California

LOS ANGELES — Residents in Northern California allege that sparks from PacifiCorp's high-voltage transmission lines and other equipment are what ignited the deadly McKinney fire last month near the California-Oregon border in Siskiyou County, according to a lawsuit filed earlier this week.

Los Angeles Times

Homeowners sue utility PacifiCorp over McKinney fire, worst California wildfire of 2022

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Two weeks after the McKinney fire destroyed more than 100 homes in Siskiyou County, five homeowners sued electric utility PacifiCorp on Tuesday, saying the company’s equipment sparked the deadly fire.

Tribune News Service

Firefighters continue to battle Northern California wildfires amid hot, dry conditions

Firefighters in California's northern forests continued containment Sunday over the massive and deadly McKinney fire in Siskiyou County, but as temperatures headed higher, another large blaze was burning nearby.

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She spent 50 years protecting people from wildfires. Then one took her life

Kathy Shoopman, 73, was known in her community as a ‘legendary lookout’ and had started her career as a firefighter

The Guardian - US

McKinney fire landslide kills scores of fish in Klamath River

A massive debris flow triggered by flash floods that followed a wildfire in Northern California is believed to have killed scores of fish along a 50-mile stretch of the Klamath River last week.

Los Angeles Times

Containment of deadly McKinney fire reaches 55%; more dry weather in forecast

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Containment of the deadly McKinney fire — which has killed four people while razing scores of houses in the Klamath National Forest — continued to grow Tuesday, even as firefighters worked through another round of dry and gusty weather.

Tribune News Service

McKinney fire: With lives at stake, did alert system work properly?

As the McKinney fire barreled up the Klamath River in the last week, Billy Simms received an alert that told him it was time to get out.

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While McKinney fire rages, wildfire legislation stalls. Here’s what feds can do immediately

WASHINGTON — As the McKinney fire grew to become California’s largest of the season, leaving four people dead so far in Siskiyou County, members of Congress resigned that they could do nothing but hope:

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Dangerous winds could hamper fight against massive, lethal McKinney fire

Strong winds expected to sweep through the Shasta Valley could hinder the progress made in recent days by thousands of firefighters in containing the massive and deadly McKinney wildfire burning at the California-Oregon border.

Los Angeles Times

In red California, a deadly fire ignites political rage at liberal government

YREKA, Calif. — In this conservative corner of California, a monster fire that killed four people and destroyed more than 100 structures is being framed by many in political terms.

Los Angeles Times

McKinney fire, California’s biggest of year, destroyed at least 132 structures

The McKinney fire that’s killed four people has destroyed 132 structures, including 87 homes as it scorched nearly 60,000 acres in the Klamath National Forest, officials said.

Los Angeles Times

Siskiyou sheriff accuses news crew of abusing press privileges at McKinney fire

The Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office claims that a TV news crew abused its media privileges during its coverage of the deadly McKinney fire burning in the Klamath National Forest at the California-Oregon border.

Los Angeles Times

Firefighters notch some containment on 57,000-acre McKinney fire for the first time

Rain allowed firefighters to ramp up their efforts on the massive McKinney fire, which is now 10% contained, officials said during a community meeting Wednesday in Fort Jones, California.

Los Angeles Times

Wildfire evacuation orders relaxed after rain falls on Northern California’s McKinney Fire

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — McKinney fire evacuation orders in Yreka and Hawkinsville were reduced to warnings Wednesday afternoon, allowing residents to go home after rain dampened the blaze Tuesday evening.

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McKinney fire has hit the stratosphere, spewing the 'fire-breathing dragon of clouds'

LOS ANGELES — A fire big enough to make its own lightning used to be as rare as it sounds.

Los Angeles Times

Death toll rises to 4 in massive McKinney fire as new bodies discovered

YREKA, Calif. — The death toll in the fast-moving McKinney fire is now at four after authorities found the bodies of two additional people, officials announced Tuesday.

The Guardian - US

Death toll rises to four in California’s biggest wildfire this year

McKinney fire has burned more than 100 buildings in north of state as other blazes ignite in US west

Los Angeles Times

Search is on for more victims of monster McKinney fire as tide turns for firefighters

YREKA, Calif. — Officials are searching for more potential victims of the McKinney fire as improving weather conditions allowed firefighters to gain some ground on California’s largest blaze of the year.

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Extreme heat turned McKinney fire into unstoppable monster, bringing death and destruction

YREKA, Calif. — It was the perfect storm of factors for a deadly wildfire, experts say — extreme heat, dense and dry vegetation, and erratic winds and lightning brought on by persistent thunderstorms.

Los Angeles Times

Deadly McKinney fire levels homes, destroying a lifetime of memories in a flash

WEED, Calif. — A hot drizzle fell over the Weed Community Center on Monday, where nearly all of the 157 cots assembled by the American Red Cross had been occupied by evacuees from the McKinney fire the night before.

The Guardian - US

Two bodies found in burned vehicle in path of raging California wildfire

Bodies discovered in state’s north-west near Oregon border as McKinney fire, which exploded in size over the weekend, turns deadly

Los Angeles Times

At least 60 Pacific Crest Trail hikers rescued as McKinney fire bears down

LOS ANGELES — Dozens of hikers were rescued from the Pacific Crest Trail over the weekend as the McKinney fire continues to ravage Northern California’s Klamath National Forest.

The Guardian - US

McKinney fire grows into California’s largest this year as thunderstorms fuel concerns

Huge blaze burns out of control as crews also battling fires in Montana, Idaho, Hawaii and Texas

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Windy, hot conditions fuel the explosive growth of fires in California and Montana

California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency as the McKinney fire intensified. In Montana, the Elmo fire grew to more than 11 square miles. Other states are also dealing with wildfires.

Evening Standard

Watch: Incredible footage reveals extent of fast moving McKinney forest fire

A state of emergency has been declared in California as wildfires ravage the Klamath National Forest.Associated Press has released vivid footage of fires burning along Highway 96.The fast-moving McKinney fire, which started Friday, went from charring just over 1 square mile to scorching as much as 62 square miles according…

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