Cal Fire

Despite all the warnings, Cal Fire and local fire departments are busy pulling some people from rising water all over San Diego County

The two men started hiking from Mexico two days prior, NBC 7’s Dave Summers reports.

Wednesday morning’s rain was a welcome break from the dryness that has enveloped San Diego County.

“This is the critical time of year for us, going into September, October, November, December,” said Cal Fire Captain Thomas Shoots. “[We have a] higher than average potential for a large devastating wildfire.”

Drought, heat and winds are expected to be a dangerous combination the next three months, reports NBC 7’s Joe Little.

They aren’t firefighters. They aren’t even standing near the frontlines. Yet, a group of UC San Diego researchers have already helped fight more than a thousand vegetation fires in 2022.

The program provides real-time fire modeling and predictions for firefighters on the frontlines, NBC 7’s Joe Little reports.

A Carlsbad-based company may have a way to stop wildfires in their tracks while using less water. Steve Conboy is the president of Mighty Fire Breaker.

Today’s fires are a threat that could need a new solution. NBC 7’s Joe Little has the story.

A geography professor at UC Riverside says aggressive wildfire-fighting tactics don’t allow wildfire fuels to burn like they once did, keeping the doors open for massive fires in the future

Firefighters are battling a blaze in central California which has already burned nearly 17,000 acres and was only 10% contained as of Monday morning.

Cal Fire recommends that every house hold and car have the following items in case of a fire emergency.

SkyRanger 7 flew over the Harbison Fire burning near homes in Dehesa.

Firefighters have contained a grass fire, dubbed the Harbison Fire, that sparked Tuesday close to homes in Dehesa in East San Diego County.

Firefighters with the Orange County Fire Authority have brought the destructive Coastal Fire down to 90% containment as of Monday morning, just days after the blaze tore through a Laguna Niguel neighborhood.

There have been 47 wildland fires this year in San Diego, according to Cal Fire. While we all know wildfires could spark in California at any time, the summer months are especially dangerous.

San Diegans and local firefighters prepare for peak of wildfire season. NBC 7’s Brooke Martell has more.

A brush fire that burned hundreds of acres along the coast of Orange County was sending smoke into some parts of San Diego County, residents reported Thursday.

More than 100 firefighters from San Diego County are in Laguna Niguel Wednesday night as a wildfire climbed a brush-covered hillside destroying at least a dozen homes.

0.02 inches. Pinch your fingers together and try to imagine 0.02 inches. That’s how much rain fell at San Diego International Airport in April. 30 days in San Diego and the airport measured 0.02 inches of rainfall. “It’s more than a little concerning,” said Cal Fire Battalion Chief Issac Sanchez. The extremely low rainfall could push federal and state forecasters…