Cal Fire's new maps for Southern California added 3.5 million acres into fire-hazard zones, increasing the acreage in the ...
The Silver Fire erupted Sunday afternoon along Route 6 in Inyo County, about 5 miles northeast of Bishop in the Owens Valley.
The wildfire — which some agencies called the Laws Fire — was reported Sunday afternoon near the highway bridge over the ...
Cal Fire said the maps are proactive, to be used in wildland-urban interface building standards for new construction and ...
A vegetation fire was threatening structures in Inyo and Mono counties on Sunday evening, spurring mandatory evacuations in a ...
A month after an official with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection was found slain in her home, the ...
The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) has updated its classification of areas that are more at ...
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Even before the Post’s analysis, Cal Fire’s data shows that there have been 578 wildfires this year. These have burned 58,108 ...