Cal Fire will begin rolling out new fire-hazard severity maps, which are expected to more than double the land in ...

A recent executive order by California Gov. Gavin Newsom aims to ramp up fire safety in urban areas as new maps released by ...

The vast majority of homes destroyed in the Eaton fire were outside of Cal Fire's "very high" fire hazard severity zones, yet ...

Experts say wildfires in California are becoming closer and closer to a year-round threat and as the fire season lengthens, ...

Merced Fire Captain Bryan Akers, 45, has been with the Merced City Fire Department for 22 years. But it was during his deployment on Jan. 8 to assist with the firefighting efforts at the Hurst Fire ...

Containment measures the percentage of a fire's perimeter that firefighters have under control. Parts of the fire's interior ...

In some areas, hazards have surged. Buildings in the highest severity zones will be subject to the strictest fire-resiliency rules.

State legislators say the bipartisan bill would support overworked firefighters by addressing staffing issues.

All wildfires burning in Southern California were largely contained as of Thursday morning, even after a new fire ignited in ...

Palisades Fire initially started 10:30 a.m. Jan. 7 in Los Angeles County. It has burned 23,706.6 acres after being active for a month. A crew of 800 firefighters managed to contain the blaze entirely ...

The 2 wildfires killed 29 people, destroyed upwards of 16,000 structures and burned more than 37,000 acres, officials say.