Cities with the most hazardous acres of very high fire hazard include Moorpark, Simi Valley, and Thousand Oaks, and the "very high" hazard acreage in Ojai more than tripled. Unincorporated land in ...

Cal Fire added over 1.2 million acres in Central California to its fire hazard severity zones. New maps for Southern ...

Horry County fire crews continue to battle wildfires in the Myrtle Beach area. Officials say situation looking better, but not in the clear yet.

The maps, last updated in 2011, will inform new land-use and building regulations focused on fire safety. While the new regulations may eventually lower insurance premiums for some homeowners ...

The Observatory narrowly escaped being consumed by wildfire as fire crews worked overnight to beat back flames in the foothills above east San Jose. (Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group) New maps ...

See map below, where yellow means Phase 1 ... CALIFORNIA: A homeless man has been arrested on suspicion of igniting a brush fire at Pioneer Park in Azusa on Friday night, authorities said Saturday.