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

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 ...

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 ...

A northern California wildfire raging in the foothills of the Cascade range has claimed three lives, officials said on Monday, as a separate blaze prompted mass evacuations and spread turmoil to the ...

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

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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 ...

Tens of thousands of acres of the San Bernardino Mountains were scorched, and thousands of residents were forced from their homes in September 2024 after two wildfires erupted in the region. The ...

California faces the greatest wildfire risk in the nation. And we have confronted tragedy after tragedy since 2017 as these risks become catastrophes — most recently in Los Angeles in January.