Northern Nevada, eastern Sierra air quality deteriorating due to massive Garnet Fire

The Garnet Fire burning in central California is causing air quality concerns in parts of northern Nevada and the eastern Sierra.The fire, which broke out on A ...

California fire produces huge smoke plume, triggering hazardous air quality in Sierra

The Garnet Fire burned nearly 13,000 acres Sunday, the largest area the blaze has consumed in a day since it was sparked by lightning Aug. 24. Poor air quality was reported in Yosemite and Mammoth ...

Where is Garnet Fire burning in Central California? See interactive map

The Garnet Fire sparked from a lightning strike on Aug. 24 burned through parts of the Sierra National Forest in eastern Fresno County. It raged through an area from the Kings River at the southern ...

Dozens of lightning strike fires are burning across California. A warming climate could bring more, according to new study

Those fires have already torched nearly 14,000 acres ... But parts of northeast California and the eastern Sierra could see an increase as well. Parts of the southwest saw more mixed results. But even ...

Mother nature helps battle Garnet Fire. But giant Sequoias still threatened

The Garnet Fire burns in the Sierra National Forest southeast of Shaver Lake along McKinley Grove Road, which had threatened the McKinley Grove of giant Sequoias, seen Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025. ERIC ...

McKinley Grove giant sequoia trees appear to be OK after Garnet Fire, officials say

Firefighters in Central California have been working to protect a grove of giant sequoia trees from a massive wildfire.
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Smoke blankets Calif. mountain towns as Garnet Fire explodes

The Garnet Fire made a significant run on Sunday and into Monday, burning through an additional 12,000 acres up a large drainage full of dead and downed trees in the Sierra Nevada foothills near ...

Thunderstorms roll through parts of Bay Area and California's Central Valley, spark fires

Thunderstorms rolled through parts of the Bay Area and California's Central Valley early Tuesday morning, leading to thousands of lightning strikes and sparking several fires.