California Wildfires

Wildfires in California have burned more than 1 million acres this year in a significant increase from last year’s figure as the state enters one of the most dangerous times of the year for fires.

California residents near a wildfire that is largely contained have been ordered to evacuate after the blaze in San Bernardino County flared up. The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department told residents of Seven Oaks to leave the community ahead of a surge in the Line Fire on Sunday afternoon. The sheriff’s department also has issued an evacuation order for Angelus...

Containment figures neared 100 percent for two major Southern California wildfires in Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino and Riverside counties with isolated flare-ups reported for a third that started earlier in September.

Cooler weather is helping firefighters make progress against three Southern California wildfires. And officials in northern Nevada are hopeful that almost all evacuees from a blaze there will be back home Saturday. Authorities have started scaling back evacuations at the largest blaze. The Bridge Fire east of Los Angeles has torched at least 33 homes and six cabins and forced...

Cal Fire says they have made progress but there is more work to be done. Here’s where the Bridge, Line and Aiport wildfires stand as of Sunday morning. 

Some evacuation orders were lifted for residents who live near the area where the Airport Fire continues to burn.

The Bridge Fire burning in Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties continues to be the largest active fire in California on Friday.

Dozens of homes were destroyed in the Bridge Fire as the fast-growing fire burned through Los Angeles and San Bernardino Counties, leaving behind the trail of destruction Wednesday.

Here are the active wildfires by county.

After the recent heat wave elevated fire danger across Southern California, more than 100,000 acres were scorched in eight separate fires as of Wednesday.

A man was arrested on suspicion of starting a fire that spread wildly to the 32,000-acre Line Fire that prompted several evacuations in San Bernardino County.

The wildfire that started Thursday has prompted evacuations and a state of emergency declaration.

The fire was located in the nearby riverbed, according to the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department, and moved away from homes in the area, which is why no evacuations were put in place.

Stunning satellite images from over Northern California captured flames and a large smoke plume billowing from the this year’s largest wildfire in the fire-prone state.

California continues to experience high wildfire activity this summer with temperatures slated to remain above normal this week in parts of the fire-prone state.

Authorities in Placer County on Monday found a group of hikers who had been unaccounted for within the boundaries of a wildfire in Tahoe National Forest.

One home was destroyed Friday when a vegetation fire consumed a little over 70 acres of land in Riverside County.

The Southern California Coordination Center in Riverside County is a joint operation between Cal Fire and the U.S. Forest Service. The team helps dispatch resources across the southern half of the state and gathers information from cameras, crews on the ground and artificial intelligence.

NBC 7’s Brooke Martell gives us a behind-the-scenes look at the Southern California Wildfire Coordination Center.

Fires this spring have been much larger in acreage, according to a new report by Cal Fire.