The devastating Zogg Fire, which killed four people and scorched more than 50,000 acres in Northern California’s Shasta County, has been fully contained, according to a news release issued by Ca...
PG&E: Equipment might have caused deadly Zogg fire
California’s largest utility company said its equipment might have caused a fatal wildfire last month in a county in the northern part of the state, according to reports Saturday. Investigators for ...
California wildfire likely to grow from wind, low humidity
The destruction wrought by a wind-driven wildfire in the mountains northeast of Los Angeles is approaching 156 square miles, burning structures, homes and a nature center in a famed Southern Californi...
Fire season roared into California this year — how much worse will it get?
The October wildfire outlook from the National Predictive Services Program shows parts of Northern California returning to normal risk. Photo: San Francisco Chronicle California’s wildfire season st...
California wildfires have killed 7, left over 1.25M acres burned
Thousands of California firefighters Tuesday continued to brave harsh weather conditions in their attempt to fight over two dozen wildfires across the state. The California Department of Forestry an...
Caldwell and Gillem fires merge, California’s largest since 2018
The Caldwell and Gillem fires have merged and are approaching 80,000 acres, with another hot and windy day expected Thursday. The Caldwell Fire, sparked by lightning, has been burning since July 22 in...
Caldwell Fire is very active in northeast California
Map showing the perimeter (in red) of the Caldwell Fire at 10:36 p.m. PDT July 26, 2020. The white line was the perimeter about 24 hours before. A mapping flight Saturday night showed that most...
Wildfires in California spur mandatory evacuations, burn thousands of acres
The Hog Fire is one of several fires burning in California Mandatory evacuations have been ordered for a community in Northern California as a wildfire has grown to several thousand acres, one of seve...
Firefighters in California county battled 67 fires on Fourth of July, some sparked by fireworks
Fire officials reported a 400 percent increase in grass fires since May 1 The night sky may have been ablaze with fireworks on the Fourth of July across Northern California, but fire crews were busy o...
Map: See Where Wildfires Are Burning in California
Take a look at where California’s wildfires are burning The map below shows where California’s wildfires are burning (updated daily). The red fire symbols classify the fire by acres. The s...