One fire appears to have been caused by a spark from old power lines, the other allegedly started by an Uber driver with a ...

At least six people were taken to the hospital Thursday morning after a massive explosion caused a large fire in Hayward, ...

Nearly a year after the devastating fires in Pacific Palisades and Altadena, residents and experts say the water problems ...

A gas explosion set off a large fire in a California neighborhood on Thursday, obliterating at least one home and damaging ...

A large building fire and its debris have forced the closure of some downtown Fresno roads, the Fresno Fire Department said.

A fire in the California's eastern Sierra Nevada mountains has forced mandatory evacuations and the closure of a major highway as it continued to spread on Thursday. The Pack Fire had burned about 75 ...

Since the beginning of the year, wildfires have burned over 3.2 million acres in California. Since August 15, when California’s fire activity elevated, there have been 25 fatalities and over 4,200 ...

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At least 15 people have died in the wildfires in California, Ken Pimlott, director of Cal Fire, said Tuesday. It is too early to tell whether any of the wildfires were started by humans, Pimlott said.

Within hours of a devastating wildfire in Northern California, firefighters up and down the state rallied together within hours to respond to the Camp Fire in Butte County. The near instantaneous ...

After more than a century of fire suppression in California’s forests, mounting evidence shows that frequent fire — through practices like prescribed fire or Indigenous cultural burning — can improve ...