SANTA BARBARA, Calif., May 7 (UPI) -- A wildfire raged out of control near Santa Barbara, Calif., Thursday, forcing 13,000 residents to flee and destroying at least 20 homes, fire officials said.
SACRAMENTO, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- California's head wildfire fighter says the state is considering a radical change that would train residents in fire zones to pitch in rather than evacuate.
DIAMOND BAR, Calif., Nov. 18 (UPI) -- Fire officials report positive containment numbers of the three major fires that have raged across Southern California since late last week.
MONTECITO, Calif., Nov. 14 (UPI) -- California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a state of emergency in Santa Barbara County Friday as an out-of-control wildfire raged near Montecito.
ST. HELENA, Calif., Oct. 11 (UPI) -- More than 200 acres of land and two structures have been destroyed by a brush fire near St. Helena, Calif., authorities said Saturday.
GOLETA, Calif., July 3 (UPI) -- Firefighters struggled Thursday in Southern California to keep a wildfire as small as possible as it devoured brush they said had not burned for 50 years.
SANTA CRUZ, Calif., May 22 (UPI) -- California residents near the Santa Cruz Mountains were evacuated Thursday as wildfires burned about 1,000 acres and threatened several homes, officials said.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- California prosecutors are bringing more cases against people who start wildfires -- even if the blaze was an accident, it was reported Sunday.
SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Aug. 20 (UPI) -- Ash is falling like snow from a 6-week-old fire in Santa Barbara County in California.
DENVER, June 16 (UPI) -- A 38-year-old forestry technician has been charged with starting Colorado's Hayman Fire, federal officials said Sunday. Terry Barton also was charged with makin
