A video of two dark gray fire “tornados” last year in Wyoming is being misrepresented online as showing a scene from the wildfires ravaging Los Angeles County in 2025.

Social media users are criticizing Los Angeles for cutting funding for the city's fire department as firefighters continue to battle a number of large wildfires that have forced thousands of people to flee their homes.

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection shared a warning with the public after fake social media accounts mimicking the agency began soliciting donations.

Gov. Gavin Newsom called for an independent investigation into the loss of water pressure to local fire hydrants and the reported unavailability of water supplies from the Santa Ynez Reservoir.

Last week, Los Angeles County ... the Palisades fire has engulfed more than 23,000 acres, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, and the Eaton fire has scorched ...

Local firefighters were sent to Los Angeles County to battle the Eaton Fire this week. The fire burned over 14,000 acres of land, destroyed 972 structures, injured five and killed five people since it began on Tuesday, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.

This is the "costliest wildfire event in California history." Multiple fires raging across the Los Angeles ... down in the fire, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said.

Columnist Teri Sforza writes that one firefighter made nearly $500,000 in overtime alone. How many more bodies might that have paid for?

Those looking to assist residents affected by the Los Angeles County firestorm have a number of options to donate money, materials or their time.

Canada and Mexico have sent firefighting crews to help battle the blazes in the Los Angeles area, and Ukraine also has offered assistance. But social media posts misleadingly claim "$00,000,000" in "foreign aid" has been offered to the U.