YORBA LINDA, Calif., Nov. 16 (UPI) -- As many as 870 homes may have been burned and 30,000 people have been evacuated as a result of three wildfires in Southern California.
FONTANA, Calif., Oct. 22 (UPI) -- Firefighters in Southern California said they holding their own against a wildfire that broke out east of Los Angeles as dangerous weather conditions set in.
SACRAMENTO, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- The National Weather Service posted a red-flag warning Tuesday in the mountains of Northern California for the unofficial start of wildfire season.
SACRAMENTO, June 11 (UPI) -- The National Weather Service kept a red-flag warning posted in Northern California Wednesday as heat and dry winds stoked wildfires in the Sacramento area.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 25 (UPI) -- Santa got blown around by Santa Ana winds gusting to 120 mph in the Los Angeles area Christmas Day, raising the risk of fire and knocking out power.
MALIBU, Calif., Nov. 24 (UPI) -- A wildfire, fanned by 50 mph Santa Ana winds, broke out Saturday in Southern California's tony Malibu community, destroying dozens of structures.
SAN DIEGO, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- Firefighters and residents of Southern California hunkered down for a long night Monday as wildfires continued to threaten thousands of homes.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- The smoke was noticeable in San Francisco Wednesday as two wildfires burned 26,000 acres so far in the northern California's back country.
ORLANDO, Fla., May 7 (UPI) -- Central Florida residents are on alert because of a dry spell that has contributed to a series of wildfires that ravaged several communities. A total of 20 fires were reported in Central Florida during the weekend, WEWS-TV, Orlando, said Monday.
OAKLAND, Calif., Oct. 22 (UPI) -- The National Weather Service has issued fire danger warnings for several counties in northern California, the Oakland Tribune reported.
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 18 (UPI) -- Parts of Southern California experienced critical fire conditions Wednesday as warm, dry Santa Ana winds made the area a potential tinderbox, officials said. The National Weather Service issued a red flag warning for the Southern California coast from the
WALNUT CREEK, Calif., Nov. 9 (UPI) -- An explosion along a petroleum pipeline Tuesday afternoon sparked a major fire in the eastern San Francisco Bay Area.
NAPA, Calif., Oct. 13 (UPI) -- Dry weather in Northern California had firefighters on alert Wednesday.
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- Large swaths of the tinder-dry western United States were under wildfire warnings and watches Thursday.
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- Firefighters were on particularly high alert in Southern California and the Big Sky states Tuesday as the danger of wildfire increased.