The wildfire — which some agencies called the Laws Fire — was reported Sunday afternoon near the highway bridge over the ...

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New maps show that 68% more acres in Riverside and San Bernardino counties face a ‘very high’ risk of wildfire.

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Cities with first-time fire zone designations include Santa Monica, La Cañada-Flintridge, South Pasadena, Alhambra, ...

The state fire marshall says the maps are meant to help cities and counties plan new communities and should not affect the ...

Cal Fire’s refreshed maps show a large increase in areas considered hazardous: “High” and “very high” hazard zones have grown ...

According to Cal Fire data, San Diego County has 157,338 acres with “very high” fire hazard, the highest level of hazard. In ...

High winds and dry conditions have significantly heightened the fire risk across Texas, prompting officials to warn of "extreme fire danger" in West Texas, stretching from the Big Bend region ...

Many residents who’ve lost their homes have expressed strong support for putting power lines underground so they cannot blow ...

All told, the size of orange and red patches on the new maps is 3,626 square miles — an area nearly twice the size of ...

See where your home falls in California's new fire hazard zones, the first update to the state's maps in 14 years.