Fires, icy roads, and alcohol rank among the most common holiday hazards. In A Nutshell Vermont ranks #1 for Christmas risk ...

Echoing state and local officials, a new analysis agrees: hydrant failures in the Palisades fire were ‘the rule rather than ...

Fire officials say six people have been taken to hospitals after a gas explosion started a major fire in a San Francisco Bay ...

Tens of thousands of residents in western Washington are facing potential evacuation orders as another round of heavy rain ...

We're getting new insights into the communications of firefighters who battled the Lachman Fire, a blaze that smoldered ...

A new wildfire was reported today at 5:13 p.m. in Los Angeles County, California. The wildfire has been burning on private ...

Recent storms in Southern California have significantly lowered the threat of wildfires, so much so that the National Weather Service is planning to transition to a low- fire-risk season early next ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A court ruled a statewide Cal Fire program risks making fires worse by removing native chaparral and allowing the ...

3:38 p.m. Nov. 25, 2025: A previous version of this story incorrectly identified the Cal Fire program in dispute. It is the California Vegetation Treatment Program, not the Vegetation Management ...

LOS ANGELES — In a case that calls into question plant clearing techniques that have become fundamental to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire, the San Diego ...

California, a state that prides itself on being the epicenter of technology, has taught an absolute masterclass in bureaucratic incompetence — scrapping a new 911 system that cost more than $450 ...