CA Wildfire Forces Evacuations, Causes Power Outages
Thousands of households in San Luis Obispo woke up without electricity on Tuesday morning due to a wildfire that forced nearby residents to evacuate.
As people continue to move into the wildland urban interface, the fire risk increases, and that means firefighters will be called on to mitigate wildfires, brush fires, grass fires, and vegetation fires that threaten human dwellings. Get training information on wildland fire response and headlines about major fires.