Updated on July 25, 2021 at 6:21 pm
Photo by USDA Forest Service via Getty Images
A strike team composed of firefighters from Alameda County and the cities of Oakland, Fremont and Hayward returned Saturday after two weeks battling the massive Bootleg Fire in Oregon.
Our redesigned local news and weather app is live! Download it foriOS or Android and sign up for alerts.
The team worked 12-hour shifts for two weeks and experienced erratic fire behavior in the Fremont-Winema National Forest, including a pyrocumulonimbus cloud that created its own weather and extreme conditions, the Alameda County Fire Department said Sunday on social media.
Fatal Marina Crash: Woman Identified
patch.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from patch.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Dublin Schedules Emergency Response Classes
independentnews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from independentnews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Following a five-day search, which involved more than a dozen agencies from across California and nearly 300 volunteers, Pleasanton Police Department (PPD) and its allied agencies are further scaling down operations to locate missing runner, Philip Kreycik, 37.
Marking the last fully operational day of an exhaustive search, today consisted of re-doubling efforts and adding new sections, which included the area in Sunol canyon where âcries for helpâ had been reported. Unfortunately, during todayâs search, a member of the search and rescue team suffered a minor injury.
At this time, no new evidence has been recovered.
âWe appreciate the Kreycik familyâs cooperation and patience during this difficult time, and we have the best resources here to help in both the search efforts and the investigation,â said Lieutenant Erik Silacci. âEvery day, search and rescue crews and countless volunteers have been working nonstop to find Philip, and we all want to