The agency started the process of creating a fire threat map after the 2007 Southern California wildfires, fanned by particularly strong Santa Ana winds. Many of those fires were thought to be ...

A widespread heat wave is expected to intensify fire concerns across California as temperatures rise and landscapes further ...

A heat dome building on the western side of the United States may break records this week, surging temperatures to 119 ...

During a red-flag warning, residents are urged to avoid risky behavior like campfires or other open flames, smoking or ...

The proposed map shows nearly 17 million acres falling under the worst ranking for "very high" fire danger, Hawks said. That's a more than a 14% increase since a previous map was last updated in 2007.

That remote stretch of highway has a history of dangerous emergency response incidents, from fires to road collapse.

The Gifford Fire has now burned more than 100,000 acres, according to the latest mapping by Intel aircraft. As of Friday ...

Parts of San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties are being affected by the fire, and all other evacuation orders and road ...

Roughly 6% of California public school students attend a campus located in high or very high Fire Hazard Severity Zones. Most are located in either Southern California or near the Bay Area.

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