Gary Gerren, the affable fire chief in the community of Fallen Leaf Lake, is serious about protecting the few hundred full-time residents and the thousands of summer daytrippers who descend on his ...

Evacuating the Tahoe basin in summer could take 14 hours, and 99% of properties are at risk — yet new resorts are being built ...

CalFire has new threat designations for areas much closer to urban areas than before. Maps for the Central Valley came out ...

Evacuating the Tahoe basin in summer could take 14 hours, and 99% of properties are at risk — yet new resorts are being built ...

The devastating fires in California early this year came after a particularly unfortunate weather pattern—an exceptionally ...

With a storm bringing a risk of mudslides and debris flows, some areas of Los Angeles recently burned by wildfires will face evacuation warnings this week as the region braces for heavy rain and ...

Cal Fire's new hazard zone maps show information on topography, fire weather, flame length, past fire history, vegetation type and the overall likelihood of a wildfire igniting in the area.

The new fire hazard severity zone maps issued by Cal Fire this week are part of a two-month statewide rollout.

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection released new fire-hazard severity maps Monday that added thousands ...

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"As of right now, evacuations are still voluntary for those in the affected areas of this fire," the agency said. See maps of the wildfires in the Carolinas below.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency on Saturday in a bid to fast-track wildfire prevention projects. Newsom announced the move after President Donald Trump blasted the ...