The new fire hazard severity zone maps issued by Cal Fire this week are part of a two-month statewide rollout.

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

The Redding Fire Department (RFD) is calling on residents to provide feedback on updated Fire Hazard Severity Zone Maps, ...

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

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 ...

Follow wildfire updates in North and South Carolina, where blazes erupted over the weekend. The largest stemmed from a forest fire near Myrtle Beach.

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 ...

"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.

Cities with the most hazardous acres of very high fire hazard include Moorpark, Simi Valley, and Thousand Oaks, and the "very high" hazard acreage in Ojai more than tripled. Unincorporated land in ...

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

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 ...

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 ...