In an effort to curb wildfires, California aims to treat a million acres of land in the state each year. Cal Fire plays a ...

Prescribed fires are a critical tool to preventing catastrophic wildfires. Such controlled burning helps reduce the intensity ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom called for an independent investigation into the loss of water pressure to local fire hydrants and the ...

Mandatory evacuation orders have been lifted for the Hurst Fire in the San Fernando Valley community of Sylmar as progress is made by firefighters, authorities said Thursday. The rapidly expanding ...

which had largely been given to CAL FIRE and California universities, whilst $3 million was removed from funding for an interagency forest data hub. A home hardening pilot scheme designed to make ...

A new prescribed burn, named Oak Ridge, was initiated 1:46 p.m. Dec. 5 in Trinity County. The prescribed fire has been burning on federal land managed by the United States Forest Service for more than ...

What started as a brush fire in Los Angeles' Hollywood Hills burned more than 40 acres of vegetation and threatened major landmarks as it kicked off a wave of evacuation orders and warnings.

That’s because containment is a critical measure of how much progress they're making at stopping the fire from spreading. Intuitively, we in the public can understand that a high containment ...

The remaining evacuations caused by the Sunset Fire in the Hollywood Hills have been lifted early Thursday morning, officials announced. “At 7:30AM, the closed section of the Sunset Fire ...

A brush fire on Tuesday set off one of the most destructive blazes in Los Angeles history: the Palisades fire. By Thursday evening, nearly 20,000 acres of land and thousands of structures had been ...

All evacuation orders were lifted earlier this morning for those impacted by the fire. The blaze, which broke out Wednesday at about 5:30 p.m. near Runyan Canyon, charred about 43 acres before ...

A fire broke out at the border of Los Angeles and Ventura counties on Thursday afternoon and was spreading rapidly, threatening numerous hillside homes in the Calabasas and Hidden Hills areas.