State leaders have long understood Northern California's wildfire crisis and are investing resources to solve it. But in ...

Scientists say that the fires ravaging the western United States are burning differently these days. Documenting the ...

The Post followed cultural burning practices, an Indigenous tradition now permitted under California law and used to help ...

Blazes that firefighters thought had died but then later came roaring back to life have become increasingly common, heightening scrutiny of how first-responders put out wildfires.

California could see 4,500 more deaths a year than today and San Diego County could see hundreds more deaths each year.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a package of bills to aid recovery from two deadly wildfires in Los Angeles earlier ...

California's record wildfires pose a problem for the state’s plan to use its forests to help offset climate-warming emissions.

Wildfires in California have burned more than 4 million acres (1.6 million hectares) in 2020, over twice the previous record for any year and an area larger than Connecticut, the state's fire agency ...

The most destructive blaze that year was the North Complex fire, which was ignited by a lightning strike in the Plumas ...

The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom. Read more on our AI policy here. A new wildfire was reported today ...

A massive fire erupted at a Chevron oil refinery outside Los Angeles on Thursday night, forcing residents to shelter in place following multiple reports of an explosion. Californians said they felt ...

A massive fire erupted at an oil refinery in Southern California Thursday night. Firefighters were dispatched around 9:35 p.m. to the Chevron refinery in El Segundo after receiving calls of smoke in ...