Cal Fire added over 1.2 million acres in Central California to its fire hazard severity zones. New maps for Southern ...

Cal Fire released its new fire hazard severity maps, including for Sacramento, detailing which areas are at high risk of ...

"It is always a concern, when you live in an area that it is so open, that you could have a fire erupt at any point," said Corinne Beshara.

For the first time in more than a decade, Cal Fire is reassessing wildfire risk in Bay Area cities. New fire hazard severity ...

The maps, last updated in 2011, will inform new land-use and building regulations focused on fire safety. While the new regulations may eventually lower insurance premiums for some homeowners ...

With much of Western North Carolina under abnormally dry conditions, wildfires are burning in the region. The largest fire in ...

Local leaders say the Cal Fire publication could affect the enforcement of state laws on defensible space and real estate.

In South Carolina, 175 wildfires burned across the state, scorching over 4,200 acres of land and straining firefighting ...

Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to ... Alaska is at above normal fire potential — although May’s map is slightly less red than before. The color green is used on the ...

Cal Fire’s updated maps will add 1.4 million acres to zones requiring stricter fire safety regulations, including parts of San Joaquin County around Tracy and Mountain House. The new maps ...

A contained wildfire is one that still burns but is no longer spreading, while a controlled fire has been extinguished. The forest service was continuously updating an interactive map to chart the ...