Strong winds on Monday drove an out-of-control wildfire through a remote area of eastern California, prompting evacuations ...

The wildfire — which some agencies called the Laws Fire — was reported Sunday afternoon near the highway bridge over the ...

A rapidly growing wildfire in California's Eastern Sierra region burned through 1,000 acres and forced evacuations in multiple counties, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal ...

Cal Fire's new maps for Southern California added 3.5 million acres into fire-hazard zones, increasing the acreage in the ...

The new fire hazard severity zone map shows which California neighborhoods are considered “very high” zones. Conan Nolan ...

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A vegetation fire was threatening structures in Inyo and Mono counties on Sunday evening, spurring mandatory evacuations in a ...

Cal Fire said the maps are proactive, to be used in wildland-urban interface building standards for new construction and ...

Cities with first-time fire zone designations include Santa Monica, La Cañada-Flintridge, South Pasadena, Alhambra, ...

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) has updated its classification of areas that are more at ...

A month after an official with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection was found slain in her home, the ...

Cal Fire officials on Monday unveiled updated fire hazard severity maps for the High Desert and other portions of Southern California.