Cal Fire's new maps for Southern California added 3.5 million acres into fire-hazard zones, increasing the acreage in the ...

All told, the size of orange and red patches on the new maps is 3,626 square miles — an area nearly twice the size of ...

A rapidly growing vegetation fire prompted evacuation orders for parts of Inyo and Mono counties on Sunday afternoon. According to Cal Fire San Bernardino Unit, the fire was first reported at 2:11 ...

Cal Fire has released fire hazard severity zone maps for Imperial, Inyo, Los Angeles, Mono, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and San Diego counties. The fire hazard severity zone maps are like ...

Cal Fire officials have released updated Fire Hazard Severity Zone (FHSZ) maps, marking the fourth and final round of hazard map updates since the previous release in 2011. The newly released ...

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection updated the fire hazard severity zones based on new modeling. Last year, the agency adopted updated maps of unincorporated, rural areas ...

Southern California’s five most populous counties saw the size of the very-high fire zone grow to more than 812,000 acres in the latest update, up from just over 644,000 in the previous maps ...

California's wildfire hazard zones, categorized as "high" or "very high" risk, have significantly expanded since 2011. This expansion is attributed to climate change, improved modeling techniques ...