Firefighters are doing a controlled burn at the Illa M. Collin Conservation Preserve in Mather to get rid of invasive plants which could be susceptible to fire.
Red Flag Warning for North and East Bay Hills Extended to Tuesday Night
Initially expected to end Monday at 6 p.m., the National Weather Service (NWS) has extended its Red Flag Warning for parts of the Bay Area another 24 hours.
The Bay Area s first Red Flag Warning leading up to this year’s fire season was issued last week for the North Bay and parts of the East Bay. That warning began Friday, May 7, at 11 p.m. with the expectation it would end Monday evening, should fire conditions which included ongoing low humidity levels and hurricane-like winds improve enough by then.
A Possible Way To Help Bay Area Forests Recover After Wildfires? Introduce Mushrooms
Forest fires play a crucial role in natural life cycles it s just that human activity is exacerbating that rhythm. In order to give Mother Nature a leg up after the flames cease, Santa Cruz researchers are using oyster mushrooms to help break down the ash from previous wildfires.
Technically speaking, we re not even in wildfire season yet; that s not going to happen until the beginning of June. But the Bay Area is already seeing Red Flag Warnings, brush fires, and other signs of an impending wildfire season that could rival last year s historically destructive one.
45-Acre Brush Fire in Solano County Has Been Contained
The grass fire near the Benicia Bridge which was first reported today at 10:28 a.m. was successfully contained by CalFire crews Saturday afternoon; no structures were damaged by the blaze.
North Bay, the East Bay hills, and the East Bay interior valleys are all currently in a Red Flag Warning until at least Monday at 6.am. a first in since 2013. (While the Bay Area is no stranger to these National Weather Service [NWS]-issued warnings, they usually occur later in the year, beginning around June or July.) A particularly dangerous combination of strong north to northeast winds, low humidity, and high temperatures have combined to create potentially dangerous conditions throughout much of the region.