Fast-moving fire threatens homes in Santa Barbara County
Flames ripped through brush and woodland on hills above the Californian city of Santa Barbara early on Tuesday, forcing some residents to leave their homes,...
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Southern California blaze sears homes, orchards, threatens oil fields
A fast-moving scrub fire threatened orchards, oil fields and homes while displacing thousands of residents in Southern California on Friday, even as diminishing winds helped...
Southern California firefighters brace for resurgence of extreme winds
Firefighters braced late on Tuesday for a resurgence of strong Santa Ana desert winds across Southern California after a day of light breezes helped them...
Los Angeles wildfire rages on, precautionary power outages to be investigated
Wind-whipped flames chased thousands of residents from wealthy Los Angeles neighborhoods and threatened the city’s famed Getty Center museum on Monday, the latest outbreak in...
California fires die down but more power outages expected
Howling winds fuelling wildfires across California began to die down on Friday, but residents in the north of the state braced for another round of power outages...
Rains could hinder search for California wildfire victims
Authorities redoubled efforts to find more victims of the deadliest wildfire in California history and to account for nearly 1,000 people listed as missing, with...
Search on for 1,276 now missing after California’s deadliest wildfire
The number of people missing after California‘s deadliest and most destructive wildfire jumped on Saturday to 1,276, despite authorities locating hundreds of people who scattered when...
California searches for 1,000 missing in its deadliest fire (Updated)
By Terray Sylvester Forensic recovery teams searched for more victims in the charred wreckage of the northern California town of Paradise on Saturday as...
Amid progress against California blaze, number of missing soars
Family members and survivors on Friday sought news of the 630 people considered missing after the deadliest wildfire in California history reduced much of the...
Tally of missing in California’s deadliest blaze surpasses 600
A search for victims of a catastrophic blaze that reduced a northern California town to ashes intensified on Thursday, as authorities expanded to 630 the...
At least 56 killed, 130 missing in California’s deadliest wildfire (V)
National Guard troops joined the grim search on Wednesday for more victims in the ruins of an incinerated northern California town while the death toll...
Death toll hits 48 in California’s worst wildfire disaster
The remains of six more fire victims were found on Tuesday in a northern California town overrun by flames last week, raising the death toll...
At least 42 fatalities tallied in California’s deadliest wildfire ever
Search teams have recovered remains of 42 people killed by a fierce wildfire that largely incinerated the town of Paradise in northern California, marking the...
Ferocious winds whip California fires as death toll rises to 31 (V)
The death toll from wildfires raging in California rose to 31 on Sunday after six more people were found killed in what was poised to...
Severe ‘devil winds’ expected to whip up deadly California blazes
By Stephen Lam Severe hot and dry “devil winds” kicked up on Sunday in fire ravaged Southern California and more winds were expected in the...
Death toll rises to 23 in California wildfire (V)
The charred remains of 14 more people have been found in and around a Northern California town overrun by flames from a massive wildfire, officials...
Nine killed, 35 missing in California wildfire; Malibu threatened (V)
Wildfires burned out of control on Friday across California, killing at least nine people in a mountain town and forcing residents to flee the upscale...
‘Everything destroyed’ as wildfire scorches Paradise, California (V)
A fast-moving wildfire devastated a Northern California town of 26,000 people on Thursday with authorities unsure of the casualties as they struggled to contain 150-foot...
Massive wildfire rages becoming largest in California’s history – Update [V]
U.S. President Donald Trump struck a more conciliatory tone over California’s raging wildfires on Tuesday, saying he was in constant contact with officials there, a...
Massive California wildfire becomes 5th largest in state history [V]
A massive, out-of-control Northern California wildfire that destroyed 68 homes and forced thousands to flee has become the fifth largest in state history, officials said...
