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

The Silver fire in Inyo and Mono counties continued to burn Monday morning, scorching 1,250 acres and spurring evacuations.

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 ...

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

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

Evacuations were ordered for about 800 homes near the tiny communities of Laws, Chalfant and White Mountain Estates due to ...

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New maps show that 68% more acres in Riverside and San Bernardino counties face a ‘very high’ risk of wildfire.

The Silver Fire comes as the National Weather Service has forecasted southwest winds of 25 to 35 mph and gusts up to 65 mph on Monday for the region.

Efforts to battle the 1,250-acre fire in eastern California were complicated by strong winds, which were expected to continue through Monday.