Evacuation orders and warnings were issued to more than 31,000 people in the vicinity of two new wildfires north of Los Angeles on Wednesday. The Hughes Fire near Castaic Lake in northern Los ...

LOS ANGELES — Evacuation warnings were lifted and forward progress of a fire in the Sepulveda Basin was stopped Thursday, but not before the fire burned 45 acres in Brentwood. Firefighters made ...

There were no reports of homes or other structures burned.Meanwhile, about 50 miles (80 kilometers) to the southwest in Ventura County, a new fire Thursday prompted the evacuation of California ...

Robert Jensen, of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, urged everyone in the impacted area of the new blaze -- dubbed the Hughes Fire -- to leave immediately. "We've seen the devastation ...

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POSSIBLE SUSPECT. HAPPENING NOW. A FIRE HAPPENING ON THE NAVAJO NATION. IT’S BURNED ABOUT 133 ACRES. THE FLAMES ARE NORTH OF CRYSTAL. NAVAJO NATION PRESIDENT BOO NYGREN SAYS THE FIRE WAS HUMAN ...

Los Angeles County supervisors also approved an emergency motion to install flood control infrastructure and expedite sediment removal in fire-impacted areas. “As the fires have settled ...

Authorities in Monterey County, California lifted all evacuations Friday night, one day after a fire broke out at one of the world's largest lithium battery storage facilities. The Monterey County ...

Several new fires erupted in Southern California on Monday but were swiftly extinguished by firefighters, The Associated Press reported. On Tuesday evening, the Clay fire broke out in Riverside ...

New York State Electric and Gas Corp. also reported that roughly 55 utility customers within the village were without power as of 6 a.m. Wednesday in the area where the massive fire occurred.

Istanbul, Turkey — A fire engulfed a hotel at a ski resort in northwestern Turkey on Tuesday, killing at least 76 people and injuring at least 51 more, the interior minister said. Witnesses said ...