MADERA COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- A firefighter is lucky to be alive after his truck was destroyed by a grass fire just outside the city of Chowchilla. The now-contained fire happened just after 2 p.m.

When fire hydrants ran dry in the first hours of the Palisades fire, firefighters faced confusion and costly delays in getting vital water trucks into the area to help fight the destructive blaze, new ...

Cecilio Padilla is a digital producer for CBS Sacramento and a Sacramento-area native who has been covering Northern California for more than a decade. A California agency's water tender was destroyed ...

Officials from Fire District 3 in Clark County were notified a FEMA Assistance to Firefighters Grant request of $267,000 was approved. The grant will be used to replace one of two aging water tenders.