Eight firefighters were hurt when a fire truck crashed on a freeway near Irvine, California, on Thursday night, authorities said. The Orange County Fire Authority truck overturned on State Route 241 at about 6:50 p.

The numbers are painful. Three Southern California wildfires had eaten up 117,546 acres by Friday afternoon, Sept. 20, damaging at least 53 structures and destroying another 242 — many of them homes. Twenty-four firefighters and civilians had been injured.

The crash occurred when an Orange County Fire Authority truck swerved to miss a ladder in the road, causing it to flip, reports say.

Robert Hernandez, a 38-year-old apparatus engineer at Cal Fire, was charged with five counts of arson, and is due to appear in court on Tuesday. He is suspected of igniting the blazes while off duty in three areas of northern California between 15 August and 14 September.

Cal Fire arrested engineer Robert Hernandez on suspicion of committing arson on forest land in the areas surrounding Geyserville, Healdsburg and Windsor.

Robert Hernandez, a 38-year-old fire apparatus engineer with Cal Fire, the state’s main firefighting agency, was arrested on suspicion of setting fires on forest land near the Northern California towns of Geyserville, Healdsburg and Windsor between Aug. 15 and Sept. 14.

Senate Bill 976 could inspire legal action by social media companies, which argued the legislation 'unconstitutionally burdens' access to content.

California residents can now add their driver's license to Apple Wallet to verify their age and identity at 'select TSA checkpoints and businesses.'

Californians can now securely add their digital driver's license or state ID to the Apple Wallet app on their iPhone and Apple Watch, the company announced Thursday.