BUTTE COUNTY, Calif. - An Oroville man, who admitted to investigators he was testing newly purchased fireworks, has been charged with arson for the Thompson Fire that started in Butte County on ...

Forward progress has been stopped for a fire burning in southeastern Butte County that forced officials to issue evacuation warnings on Thursday.

BUTTE COUNTY – The Oroville man suspected of starting the Thompson Fire in Butte County was officially arraigned on arson charges, officials said Monday. Spencer Anderson, 26, was charged with ...

STAY WITH US FOR ANY UPDATES. WELL, THE MAN ACCUSED OF STARTING THE THOMPSON FIRE IN BUTTE COUNTY IS SCHEDULED TO BE IN COURT TODAY AFTER ALMOST TWO MONTHS OF INVESTIGATION. CAL FIRE OFFICERS ...

The U.S. Forest Service said almost 300 structures and more than 500 residences were under a mandatory evacuation order. The Bear Fire broke out on Monday afternoon, off Bear Valley Road, south of the ...

The future of safe and sane fireworks sales before the Fourth of July within Oroville is being carefully weighed by the city ...

The man, Spencer Grant Anderson, who was taken into custody on Aug. 22, was arraigned on Monday and is being held without bail in Butte County Jail. The Thompson fire began on July 2 when Mr ...

BUTTE COUNTY – More than a month after the Thompson Fire destroyed over a dozen homes in the Oroville area of Butte County, Cal Fire officials say they've arrested a man on suspicion of starting ...

The Thompson Fire, which burned nearly 4,000 acres in ... Anderson was booked into Butte County Jail on charges of arson to wildland and structures with an enhancement for destruction to five ...

The Thompson Fire began about 10:50 a.m. July 2 at Cherokee ... for about 50 days as Cal Fire and investigators with the Butte County District Attorney’s Office built the criminal case, the ...