ALTURAS, Calif. -- A U.S. Forest Service firefighter from South Dakota has been killed battling one of more than a dozen wildfires raging across California, Forest Service officials said Friday night.

A new vegetation fire has started in Modoc County on Friday afternoon. The Mammoth Fire started around 2 p.m. Friday west of the Dry Lake fire station off Highway 139 in the Modoc National Forest.

A new prescribed burn, named Lassen Machine Piles, was initiated today at 10:19 a.m. in Modoc County, California. The prescribed fire has been burning on federal land managed by the United States ...

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The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom. Read more on our AI policy here. A new wildfire was reported today ...

The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom. Read more on our AI policy here. A new wildfire was reported today ...

The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom. Read more on our AI policy here. A new wildfire was reported today ...

The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom. Read more on our AI policy here. A new wildfire was reported today ...

The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom. Read more on our AI policy here. A new wildfire was reported today ...

The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom. Read more on our AI policy here. A new wildfire was reported today ...