The two largest firestorms devastating Los Angeles County this week already rank among California’s 20 most damaging wildfires ... 2,820 structures in October 2003, 15 deaths, across 273,246 ...

A 40-year drought, arid vegetation and explosive Santa Ana winds in a heavily populated area created a recipe for disaster in Los Angeles this January. In California ... since 2003 and 13 of ...

In the days since wildfires ... in Los Angeles County, residents recorded videos of the same cluster of transmission towers high on the chaparral-covered hillside, illuminated by flames ...

The recent wildfires in Los Angeles have burned hotter ... most deadly and destructive fire in Southern California was the Cedar Fire in October 2003. This fire burned nearly 3,000 structures ...

Southern California ... of Los Angeles and San Francisco. Dozens of other wildfires have raced across the forest’s crumpled terrain in recent decades, including the 1997 Hopper, 2003 Piru ...

Homeowners in Los Angeles ... the destructive wildfires in January. Some are constructing homes that are much less likely to burn when the next wildfire hits. That's because California is one ...