Nearly 2,000 firefighters are fighting a battle against the Gifford wildfire in central California that has already burned ...

A wildfire in Southern California has burned over 72,000 acres in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties, officials said.

Christion Schoenfeld was in Cal Fire’s Mendocino Unit; he had served two years as a handcrew firefighter in Amador-El Dorado ...

Three people were injured as a result of the Gifford Fire, a 65,000-acre blaze burning in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo ...

Watch Duty Evacuation orders had been issued for nine zones in San Luis Obispo County and seven in Santa Barbara County, with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) ...

The largest wildfire currently burning in California grew to more than 72,000 acres. The Gifford Fire burning in Los Padres National Forest in southern California prompted additional evacuations ...

Hundreds of remote homes are being threatened by a massive wildfire burning through Los Padres National Forest in central ...

First discovered: 2:21 a.m. Aug. 5 Initial location: San Bernardino County, Calif. A new wildfire was reported today at 2:21 ...

The fire was first reported shortly before 9:30 a.m. in the Holcomb Valley area, about five miles north of Big Bear.

CAL FIRE demonstrated the potentially destructive force of aerial retardant drops while announcing plans for a $12 million ...