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This summer, hundreds of Caltrans employees worked 12-to-16-hour shifts for weeks while dozens of fires consumed nearly 1.3 million acres statewide and damaged millions of dollars of infrastructure. "We used to have one fire each ...

Fires have wreaked havoc across California, as the Golden State grapples with an increasingly long burn season with unprecedented impacts. Lives, property and myriad other losses have affected thousands. But thanks to the intrepid ...

It is a record that no one wants to break - the largest wildfire in California's recorded history. The Mendocino Complex Fire achieved that title on day nine. At day 18, the blaze totaled 344, 890 acres. The Thomas Fire in Santa B ...

Another alert from dispatch about a vegetation fire alongside highways in District 2 seemed routine. What began as a small fire along State Route (SR) 299 soon turned into something no one in this area could have imagined. The new ...

On the evening of July 26, Caltrans District 2 employees were forced into a difficult situation. As the Carr Fire forced its way into west Redding, neighborhoods began to burn and the lights began to go out. Approximately 40,000 r ...

Redding Caltrans workers said the heat was on Thursday, July 26. The Carr Fire started July 23. On July 26, Caltrans Redding-area Public Information Officer Lupita Franco rode with California Highway Patrol partners to get close ...

Over the past two months, Caltrans District 8 has been involved in combatting multiple wildfires that include the Valley Fire in the San Bernardino Mountains, the Cranston Fire near Idyllwild, and the Holy Fire in the Lake Elsinor ...

The California Transportation Foundation (CTF) has established the District 2 Caltrans Fire Victims Fund to benefit the workers who lost their homes and possessions due to the Carr Fire. The Foundation also established the Distric ...