California sent incarcerated firefighters to battle blazes in Los Angeles this year. It’s moving toward paying them minimum wage for their work in emergencies.

Planned burns rid properties of vegetation that can send wildfires racing across the landscape.

California wildfires and continuing fireworks are creating smoky conditions Friday in the Las Vegas Valley. The National ...

A fast-moving California wildfire exploded to become the state’s biggest of the year, forcing evacuations and the closure of ...

Six Rivers National Forest responded to 10 fires this week — eight lightning and two under investigation, including a new fire reported last night. The largest is the Butler Fire, estimated ...

The Madre Fire is California's largest blaze so far this year, igniting in dry brush Wednesday in southeastern San Luis ...

California’s largest wildfire of the year grew to an estimated 70,801 acres Friday, producing smoke that has affected ...

Initial location: Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Shasta County, Calif. The wildfire initially started 5:01 p.m. June 30 in ...

The fire in a wilderness area northeast of Los Angeles exploded in size as dry, hot weather Thursday raised the fire risk for ...

Thousands of lightning strikes hit the Shasta-Trinity National Forest this week, igniting many wildfires. The three most ...

The Madre Fire is California’s largest blaze so far this year. It ripped through grasslands after breaking out Wednesday in ...

A wildfire in a wilderness area on the Central California coast grew to more than 52,500 acres Friday as the fire-prone state ...