A fire at the world’s largest battery storage plant in Northern California is smoldering after sending plumes of toxic smoke into the atmosphere.

According to Oregon and California’s fire departments, trucks were stopped in Davis, California, just outside Sacramento, for maintenance and safety checks, and those trucks continued onward. Photos and news coverage confirm that trucks from other states were assisting firefighters in Los Angeles.

Online claims that firefighters were held up in Sacramento for emissions testing on their way to fight the blazes in Los Angeles are false, according to Oregon and California officials. The rumors have spread across social media in recent days, filling up X timelines and Facebook comment sections.

Fire trucks traveling from Oregon and other states to help fight the California wildfires were stopped for routine 15-minute safety checks, not emissions testing.

A group of 15 Oregon firefighting strike teams have been mobilized to battle LA fires and protect California communities.

The California-based burger chain began opening restaurants in Oregon in 2015 and has locations in Keizer, Medford, Grants Pass and Roseburg. In-N-Out Burger was first opened in Los Angeles by Harry and Esther Snyder in 1948 and has since built a dedicated following of loyal customers. The chain has locations in multiple states across the U.S.

Three hundred Oregon firefighters are in southern California working to battle the flames that have destroyed thousands of homes and killed at least 11 people.

The Air Quality Index measured 156 near Forks, Washington, and received a rating of "unhealthy," meaning some members of the general public may experience health effects and members of sensitive groups may experience more serious health effects. No major wildfires were reported nearby, however.

The Oregon state fire marshal took to social media this week to dispel rumors circulating online about its firefighters being turned away from helping battle the wildfires in Southern California.

Central Douglas Fire & Rescue and the Oregon State Fire Marshal is providing an update on local firefighters sent to help with the Los Angeles-area wildfires.La

Oregon firefighters, part of the state's strike teams sent to help battle wildfires in Southern California, managed to find two missing older adults and get them to safety. Last Saturday, while looking for hot spots,