COARSEGOLD–Air and ground firefighters are responding to a structure fire that has spread to the vegetation  in the area of the 64000 block of Road 417. The fire is 15-20 acres with multiple structures threatened. The potential is for 500 acres. This is the Coarsegold Fire. We will update this article when more information is available. Update 4:30 PM The ...

OAKHURST— CAL FIRE Law Enforcement Investigators, in conjunction with the Madera County Sheriff’s Department and Madera County District Attorney’s Office, have arrested Pao Xiong. Xiong was arrested for igniting approximately 14 separate fires, including multiple structures that occurred on Deadwood Mountain in Oakhurst, CA. The fires occurred on Friday, July 19, 2024, beginning at approximately 10:43 PM. For more details ...

OAKHURST— CAL FIRE Law Enforcement Officers are currently investigating the Lookout fire that occurred on Deadwood Mountain in Oakhurst, CA. The fire happened on Friday, July 19, 2024, at approximately 10:43 PM. The cause Of the fire is currently under investigation by CAL FIRE Law Enforcement Officers and Madera County Sheriffs Department. On Saturday, August 3, 2024, and Monday, August ...

AHWAHNEE––  The University of California Cooperative Extension and Yosemite Gateway Prescribed Burn Cooperative are offering a free workshop covering defensible space, zone zero home hardening, evacuation preparedness, and local fire preparedness resources in Ahwahnee, CA. Representatives from CAL FIRE will be discussing what actions can be taken to make homes more fire resilient, including landscaping, building materials, and inexpensive modifications ...

MARIPOSA COUNTY–Early afternoon yesterday, Tuesday, July 30th, air and ground firefighters were dispatched to a new wildfire in the Don Pedro area. The fire was found to be 15 to 20 acres burning at a moderate rate of spread and threatening structures.  It had started near the west end of Piney Creek Road. It became the Pedro Fire. Evacuations were ...

O’NEALS–Air and ground firefighters are responding to a vegetation fire in the area of Road 200 and Circle J Ranch. The fire is reported to be 10 acres burning at a critical rate of spread with structures involved. This will be the Circle Fire. We will update this article when more information is available. Wednesday, July 24th Update 9:00 am ...

OAKHURST— CAL FIRE Law Enforcement Officers are currently investigating the Lookout fire that occurred on Deadwood Mountain in Oakhurst, CA. The fire occurred on Friday, July 19, 2024, at approximately 10:43 PIM. The Lookout fire is contained and controlled and burned a total of approximately 11 acres. The cause of the fire is currently under investigation by CAL FIRE Law ...

MARIPOSA —CAL FIRE Law Enforcement Officers determined the French Fire that occurred on Thursday, July 4, 2024, was caused by improper usage of a lawn mower in dried annual grass. Lawn mowers by design are of use only on wet, green lawns and not dry weeds because they start fires. The French Fire burned approximately 908 acres of natural vegetation ...

OAKHURST–Most people had already snuggled into bed for the night when cellphones starting ringing and pinging, alerting people to a vegetation fire on Deadwood Mountain just outside of Oakhurst. Early reports put the fire near the lookout tower on top of the mountain. Then people started reporting there were multiple fires. Some said 3, others up to 8. Firefighters from ...

MOUNTAIN COMMUNITIES–Who would have expected such an intense weather weekend in July? Several thunderstorms made their way through the higher elevations of the Sierra Nevada Mountains early in the weekend. Sunday morning culminated in an intense thunderstorm moving through the foothills. It all began with warnings from The National Weather Service (NWS) that thunderstorms would move through the area over ...