SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — On January 7, Los Angeles experienced a fire for the ages. Over the next three days the region’s emergency systems were tested in every way by a hurricane-force firestorm, ...

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) protects 31 million acres of California’s privately owned wildlands and responds to more than 550,000 emergencies every year. CAL ...

Every wildfire season, Californians face the same challenge: accessing reliable, current information about evacuation orders and fire containment status. California’s solution? Build an artificial ...

California has completed the expansion of its aerial firefighting fleet with the addition of its final two Firehawk helicopters, bringing the total to 16. Cal Fire and Governor Gavin Newsom announced ...

A wildfire erupted in Hemet, Riverside County, on Wednesday afternoon, with flames first reported around 2 p.m. PST, according to Cal Fire. The fire produced a towering column of smoke visible across ...

CALISTOGA, Calif. (KGO) -- The Pickett Fire, which burned for more than two weeks in Napa County, is fully contained, CAL FIRE announced on Sunday. It burned 6,819 acres. Evacuations were ordered back ...

Representatives for Hundred Acre Wines, the winery based north of Calistoga, have asked Cal Fire to investigate a trailer on its property as a potential ignition source for the Pickett Fire. The blaze ...

In these times of climate denialism in Washington, some look for signs of reason in California. Sadly, one particular agency can’t see the forest for the trees. Cal Fire, the state’s chief fire agency ...