The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) is the state's primary wildland firefighting agency, protecting over 31 million acres of California's privately owned wildlands ...

Slumpff, a battalion chief with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, sprang into action.

The Park fire north of Chico — the largest blaze in California this year — exploded to more than 353,000 acres by Sunday morning, with its rapid spread destroying scores of buildings and ...

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection has updated its classification of areas that are more at risk of being affected by wildfires. The new fire hazard severity zone map shows ...

Six wildfires are burning in Southern California, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire). Earlier this month, two significant wildfires ignited in Los ...

The zone-zero law passed with bipartisan support after California experienced record-breaking fires in 2017 and 2018, including a fire that wiped out the town of Paradise, destroying more than ...

Containment of the Thompson Fire near the Butte County city of Oroville rose overnight from 29% to 46%, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. The fire was ...

California's Park Fire has become the state's sixth-largest wildfire in history in less than a week since igniting. According to an update from the California Department of Forestry and Fire ...

The Woolsey Fire, which torched a total of 96,949 acres in Ventura and Los Angeles counties, was fully contained by Wednesday night, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire ...

The amount of California land in “very high” wildfire dangers zones saw a significant jump, increasing by 14.6% in the fresh analysis.

Mariposa County in California remained under a state of emergency Tuesday as the devastating Oak Fire expanded to 28 square miles near Yosemite National Park. It’s become California’s largest ...

California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection Tiny Flames With a Huge Impact: How Embers Spread Wildfires in California and Beyond ...