Redding fire

• A 1,200-acre fire between Happy Valley and West Redding is now 40 percent contained and fire officials are confident theyll make good progress on the blaze today.
(Record Searchlight)
• A fire that broke out late Wednesday gutted the Canteca Foods Inc. building at Sacramento and Oregon streets in downtown Redding, caving in the north half of the roof and damaging most of the warehouse.
(Record Searchlight)
• say a 1,200-acre wildfire near Redding in Northern California is now 60 percent contained after destroying two outbuildings and damaging five homes.
(FOX News)
• SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co on Saturday cited a report by fire investigators as saying an external energy source had caused one of its flagship Galaxy S III smart phones to catch fire in Ireland last month.
(Reuters UK)
• REDDING — A fire Thursday afternoon in Happy Valley, southwest of Redding, grew to about 1,000 acres and forced evacuations as it threatened 150 homes, firefighters reported. As of deadline, the fire was considered 30 percent contained.
(Chico Enterprise-Record)
• Redding firefighters are battling a brush fire that was sparked by kids and now threatens a subdivision and apartment complex. The Redding Record-Searchlight ( http://bit.
(San Francisco Gate)
• But a new blaze near Redding, Calif., was causing problems early Friday, just hours after it was spotted and quickly grew to 1,200 acres, or about 2 square miles. Authorities say the fire is threatening dozens of homes and has forced evacuations.
(Seattle Times)
• Uncle Slam will miss the remainder of the season due to the fire at the Pfitz and is recovering but will not a human being. Otherwise wed be reading a much less pleasant press release.
(YAHOO!)
• In Redding, Calif., 1,000 firefighters spent the day battling a growing blaze that threatened dozens of homes amid tinder-dry conditions. It erupted into a 2-square-mile fire less than a day after it was spotted.
(Washington Post)
• After a meeting this morning between the Walton County Sheriff's Office and the mayor of Freeport, the move was made to make Alfred Ford the Interim Fire Chief of Freeport.
(Chipley Bugle)