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 ...

As of Friday morning, the Madre Fire was 10% contained and had already burned about 52,592 acres of land, causing an estimated $20 million in damage, according to USA TODAY's wildfire data tracker.

Madre Fire Map: California Wildfire Engulfed 35,000 Acres in 24 Hours. Published Jul 03, 2025 at 5:54 PM EDT. By . Nick Mordowanec is a Newsweek investigative reporter based in Michigan.

LOS ANGELES – Firefighters were able to stall the Lake Fire burning near Victorville, California, though the blaze continues to burn. The blaze sparked just before 4 p.m. PT June 28, according ...

PHOTOS: Camp Fire burns through Butte County, California. 1 of 119. In this aerial photograph, an evacuee encampment is seen at a Walmart parking lot in Chico, California on November 19, 2018.

A wind-whipped Southern California brush fire that exploded to 20,000 acres in about 24 hours, destroying homes and prompting mass evacuations, remained out of control Thursday as Gov. Gavin ...

PHOTOS: Camp Fire burns through Butte County, California. 1 of 119. In this aerial photograph, an evacuee encampment is seen at a Walmart parking lot in Chico, California on November 19, 2018.

RELATED: Most destructive California wildfires in history While the cause of some remains unknown, some, such as 2003's Cedar Fire, were determined to be started by human-related causes, while ...