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Cal Fire: Pickett Fire is now 37% contained

Napa Valley Register 29 Aug 2025
One week after the Pickett Fire ignited in north Napa County, Cal Fire reports the blaze is now 37% contained ... .
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Cal Fire reports five structures lost to Pickett Fire

Napa Valley Register 29 Aug 2025
Crews continued to make progress on Friday against the Pickett Fire in Napa County, bringing its containment to 41% after it burned 6,803 acres over the past eight days, Cal Fire said ... .
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Cal Fire captain fatally shot his girlfriend, then killed her son to cover it up, ...

The Los Angeles Times 27 Aug 2025
A firefighting captain in California is charged with allegedly killing his girlfriend and her son, according to authorities. On Aug ... Soon after, authorities named California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection Capt ... .
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Cal Fire-Butte County fights 11 lightning fires in 36 hours | Midday Report

Chico Enterprise Record 27 Aug 2025
Cal Fire-Butte County continues to fight three active fires after lightning strikes ignited 11 fires in 36 hours, according to Capt ... Collins said 10 fires ... Thompson Fire suspect’s trial delayed .
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Cal Fire captain faces five felony counts, including murder, in deaths of girlfriend and her son

Lodi News Sentinel 26 Aug 2025
A Cal Fire captain is facing five felony counts in connection with the shooting deaths of his girlfriend and her young son, according to a criminal complaint filed in El Dorado County Superior Court on Monday ....
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Cal Fire captain charged in El Dorado County shooting deaths of girlfriend, boy

Sacramento Bee 26 Aug 2025
A 25-year Cal Fire veteran was arraigned Monday in El Dorado County with the murder of his girlfriend and her child in a Cameron Park home ....
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Cal Fire captain killed woman and child to silence them, prosecutor alleges

The Mercury News 26 Aug 2025
Charges against a Cal Fire captain indicate the alleged motive for a double murder ... 29. The public employee database Transparent California says McFarlin has been a fire captain since 2012 with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
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Update: Cal Fire to start assessment of Pickett Fire damage

Napa Valley Register 25 Aug 2025
Inspectors on Monday will start cataloging any structures the wildfire may have destroyed or damaged in the remote, rural and wooded areas north of the Napa Valley floor ... .
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Update: Pickett Fire 5% contained, according to Cal Fire

Napa Valley Register 22 Aug 2025
As the Pickett Fire outside Calistoga grew to 2,133 acres, Napa County authorities ordered evacuation from a fourth Upvalley area as hundreds of firefighters battled the blaze ... .
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Cal Fire battles Pickett Fire in steep terrain as crews work to increase containment

Lodi News Sentinel 22 Aug 2025
Cal Fire says there are many steep inclines, making it hard for crews on the ground to travel to the fire zones ....
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Cal Fire worker arrested after woman, juvenile killed in shooting, El Dorado County sheriff says

Lodi News Sentinel 22 Aug 2025
A Cal Fire employee has been arrested after a woman and juvenile died in a shooting in Cameron Park, the El Dorado County Sheriff said Friday ....
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Cal Fire captain held in deadly shootings of woman, child in Cameron Park home

Sacramento Bee 22 Aug 2025
Darin McFarlin, 47, was taken into custody in Mono County early Friday hours after the fatal shooting of a woman and child in their Cameron Park home ....
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