The Borel Fire cut a near-60,000-acre swath of incinerated ... “As a firefighter you have to be a map reader,” Drucker said. “You really have to know how to look at a topographical map ...

The maps, developed by the statewide fire department ... the department battled at least 850 blazes by the end of August. The Borel Fire alone consumed 59,288 acres, while the Lightning and ...

Mattresses, food, financial support, a disabled access ramp for a home, a new house — those are just some of the diverse needs of families impacted by the Borel Fire that local groups are left ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has announced they will not be providing disaster relief to areas impacted by the Borel Fire. HAVILAH, Calif. (KERO) — Almost a year after the Borel Fire ...

The Borel Fire burned nearly 60,000 acres off of Highway 178 in the mountains east of Bakersfield and the Park Fire grew to more than 429,000 acres in Butte and Tehama counties, the largest in ...

Yet despite the size of Borel, the fire didn't affect enough people to meet FEMA's threshold for a major disaster declaration, which means it'll fall to local groups to help residents recover.