{"id":106244,"date":"2024-07-03T12:01:34","date_gmt":"2024-07-03T12:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/three-firefighters-injured-battling-thompson-wildfire-in-california-cal-fire-says\/"},"modified":"2024-07-03T12:01:34","modified_gmt":"2024-07-03T12:01:34","slug":"three-firefighters-injured-battling-thompson-wildfire-in-california-cal-fire-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/three-firefighters-injured-battling-thompson-wildfire-in-california-cal-fire-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Three firefighters injured battling Thompson wildfire in California, Cal Fire says"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-07-03\/thompson-fire_1719998273719_hpMain.jpg\" alt><figcaption>Law enforcement members watch as the Thompson fire burns over Lake Oroville in Oroville, California on July 2, 2024. (Josh Edelson\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>(NEW YORK) &#8212; Three firefighters sustained heat-related injuries while battling the Thompson Fire in Butte County, California, as red flag conditions persist in the area, according to Cal Fire.<\/p>\n<p>The state on Tuesday secured federal assistance to support the response to the fire, Gov. Gavin Newsom said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re working proactively to bring in additional funding to help ensure the availability of vital resources to suppress the fire burning in Butte County,&#8221; he said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>About 13,000 people remain under evacuation order near Oroville, California, the Butte County Sheriff said.<\/p>\n<p>The blaze has burned about 3,002 acres since it was ignited on Tuesday morning, fire officials said. It was zero percent contained, Cal Fire said.<\/p>\n<p>Newsom said California had been approved for a Fire Management Assistance Grant, a federal program that can reimburse up to 75% of eligible firefighting costs.<\/p>\n<p>About 510 fire personnel were battling the &#8220;well established&#8221; blaze on Tuesday night, Cal Fire said in a fact sheet.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The fire has jumped the diversion pool of the Feather River and is making runs toward Olive Highway in the Kelly Ridge area,&#8221; the agency said.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Law enforcement members watch as the Thompson fire burns over Lake Oroville in Oroville, California on July 2, 2024. (Josh Edelson\/AFP via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) &#8212; Three firefighters sustained heat-related injuries while battling the Thompson Fire in Butte County, California, as red flag conditions persist in the area, according<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/three-firefighters-injured-battling-thompson-wildfire-in-california-cal-fire-says\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[156,31,2],"tags":[273,271,276,274,270,123,275,133,124,272,102,103],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106244"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106244"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106244\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}