Reading Fire initially started 6:53 p.m. June 8 in Trinity County. It has burned 47.4 acres after being active for six days.

Reading Fire initially started 6:53 p.m. June 8 in Trinity County. It has burned 47.4 acres after being active for five days.

The Reading Fire, sparked by lightning from recent thunderstorms, has reached 55% containment and remains at 39 acres as of 7 ...

Evacuation warnings have been issued for zones DUG-258 and DUG-260 in Douglas City. An evacuation warning means people in ...

The Reading Fire Department has been chronically understaffed for almost a decade now. Fire Chief William Stoudt Jr. hopes a new grant from the federal government will help correct that problem.

Ed and I had worked closely together as co-authors of a book called 3D Firefighting and we had numerous discussions on the finer points of reading fire. He convinced me that it was critical to ...