Sparked by lightning strikes, the Smith and Mill fires were combined into the Gold Complex Fire, according to the Plumas County Sheriff's Office.

Prescribed burns are planned near Sloat this week to reduce fire risk. Smoke may affect visibility on local roads. Be ...

Fire has always played an important role in ... Andria Hautamaki Saylor Flett forks branches onto a burn pile on his property near Quincy, California. By reducing surface fuels, trimming small ...

QUINCY — Quincy firefighters spent about an hour getting an early-morning fire extinguished Friday. The Quincy Fire Department was called at 3:55 a.m. Friday for a report of a structure fire at ...