SF News Surprise, Surprise: PG&E Sued Over Alleged Responsibility for Mosquito Fire A lawsuit against Pacific Gas and Electric Company was recently filed with the San Francisco Superior Court that alleges the company was responsible for the Mosquito Fire. And, of course, the utility released a statement on Friday deflecting its implied liability.
SF News Mosquito Fire Quickly Grows to Largest CA Wildfire of the Year, at 64,000 Acres and Counting Between Wednesday and Thursday morning, the Mosquito Fire burning in Placer and El Dorado counties grew around 14,000 acres as firefighters focused on saving the town of Foresthill on the fire's western front.
SF News Mosquito Fire Nears 50,000 Acres, Now 18% Contained The Mosquito Fire, now burning for a week in Placer and El Dorado counties, quickly overtook the SoCal Fairview Fire as the largest fire currently burning in the state, and as of this morning reached 49,761 acres.
SF News Mosquito Fire Grows to Over 33,000 Acres, Becomes Largest Currently Burning CA Wildfire As of Saturday afternoon, the Mosquito Fire has burned 33,754 acres — with still 0% of the blaze contained and now threatens 3,666 structures — which makes it the largest fire currently burning in the state.
SF News Mosquito Fire Grows to 14,000 Acres, Jumps Into El Dorado County, Begins Impacting Tahoe Air Quality A wildfire that broke out Tuesday in Placer County, west of Lake Tahoe, grew significantly on Thursday and overnight, aided by ongoing hot and dry conditions. And it has begun ruining the air quality for late-summer pleasure-seekers around the Lake Tahoe basin.
