It's not really the typical time for nasty California fires. What are the factors that changed that? Wind speed and the speed of spreading flames are clearly linked. World 09 Jan, 2025
A second wind-whipped wildfire is burning out of control in the Los Angeles area A fast-moving wildfire broke out Tuesday in the inland foothills northeast of Los Angeles hours after another blaze tore through the city’s Pacific Palisades neighborhood along the coast, destroying many homes and prompting evacuation orders for tens of thousands. World 08 Jan, 2025
California wildfires threaten famous giant sequoia trees Firefighters wrapped the base of the world's largest tree in a fire-resistant blanket as they tried to save a famous grove of gigantic old-growth sequoias from wildfires burning Thursday in California's rugged Sierra Nevada. World 17 Sep, 2021
Fire engulfs Northern California town, leveling businesses California's largest wildfire has leveled much of the downtown and some surrounding homes in a small Northern California mountain community. World 05 Aug, 2021
Evacuations ordered after two California wildfires converge into one Crews and officials battling a large fire that has incinerated more than 190,000 acres (77,000 hectares) in northern California braced for the possibility on Sunday that smoke columns could spawn lightning storms capable of igniting more blazes. World 26 Jul, 2021
California's largest fire torches homes as blazes lash West Flames racing through rugged terrain in Northern California destroyed multiple homes Saturday as the state's largest wildfire intensified and numerous other blazes battered the U.S. West. World 25 Jul, 2021
Huge Oregon blaze grows as wildfires burn across western US The largest wildfire in the US torched more dry forest landscape in Oregon on Sunday, one of dozens of major blazes burning across the West as critically dangerous fire weather loomed in the coming days. World 19 Jul, 2021
California fire prompts evacuations; Oregon blaze balloons A rapidly growing wildfire south of Lake Tahoe jumped a highway, prompting more evacuation orders and the cancellation of an extreme bike ride through the Sierra Nevada on Saturday as critically dangerous wildfire weather loomed in the coming days. World 18 Jul, 2021
California and other parts of the West broil and burn Firefighters working in searing heat struggled to contain the largest wildfire in California this year while state power operators urged people to conserve energy after a huge wildfire in neighboring Oregon disrupted the flow of electricity from three major transmission lines. World 12 Jul, 2021
Heat wave blankets US West as fires rage in several states Firefighters struggled to contain an exploding Northern California wildfire under blazing temperatures as another heat wave blanketed the West, prompting an excessive heat warning for inland and desert areas. World 11 Jul, 2021
Heat, wind spur California fire; evacuation hits Nevada area A California wildfire that closed nearly 200 square miles of forest forced evacuations across state lines into Nevada on Friday as winds and scorching, dry weather drove flames forward through trees and brush. World 10 Jul, 2021
Northern California wildfire death toll rises to 4 as crews scramble to beat winds CALISTOGA, CALIFORNIA: The death toll from a wildfire raging in northern California's Cascade foothills climbed to four on Wednesday as firefighters battling that blaze and another wreaking havoc in wine country near San Francisco braced to confront a... Women 01 Oct, 2020
