Newly-released text messages and depositions from California State Parks staffers offer details of state actions and ...

The raging fire that killed a 21-year-old woman in Needham on Christmas Eve morning appears to have started in the home’s garage, with preliminary evidence suggesting an accidental cause, ...

After a Christmas morning fire killed a father and son in Wilson’s Mills, fire officials from the town have released a ...

WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS. WE’RE FOLLOWING THREE BREAKING NEWS STORIES RIGHT NOW. FIRES BURNING IN SACRAMENTO AND STANISLAUS COUNTY, AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WITHOUT POWER IN PLACER COUNTY. LET’S ...

The complaints of the author, Battalion Chief Kenneth Cook, reached Mayor Karen Bass’ office in mid-November, after the LAFD had publicly released the report.

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A lawsuit filed by residents who were impacted by January’s Palisades Fire claims to have evidence a second blaze occurred shortly after the initial fire, causing more destruction and devastation to ...

FILE - This July 26, 2018 file image taken from video released by Cal Fire shows a fire tornado over Lake Keswick Estates near Redding, Calif. A new study says a rare fire tornado that raged during ...