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Three people are in custody in connection with a string of explosions reported across Vista, the San Diego County Sherriff’s Department said Saturday.

Detectives are investigating a series of explosions that led to two small fires in Vista on Wednesday, according to authorities. NBC 7’s Dave Summers has more.

Detectives are investigating a series of explosions that led to two small fires in Vista on Wednesday, according to authorities.

Electric vehicles provide a path to better air quality, reduced fuel costs and comprise a growing new category for automakers. But with the transition to electric transportation comes a new challenge: Vehicles with lithium ion batteries can be especially dangerous when they catch fire. The good news is battery electric vehicle fires don’t happen often. Project Director of EV...

Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest hit a 15-year high between 2020 and 2021.

Fire crews are battling the Alisal fire in Santa Barbara County, which has burned over 6,000 acres and remains at 0% contained as of Tuesday morning.

A massive fire tore through six homes in Jefferson Parish before crews eventually brought in pumps to fight the fire with water from the Bayou and from Ida’s floods.

A community on the shore of Lake Tahoe issued an emergency declaration and a tourism group discouraged visitors from coming amid smoky skies from a major wildfire nearby

Firefighters battling the Dixie Fire face “another critical day” as thunderstorms pushed flames closer to two towns in the forestlands of Northern California

California’s biggest wildfire of the season, the “Dixie Fire,” as of Tuesday has burned more than 253,000 acres and is 35% contained.

High temperatures next week will be the result of a heat dome, a strong high pressure system of air that descends from the atmosphere and heats up near land.

The Amazon once absorbed more carbon than it released, but it now accounts for more than 1 billion metric tons of emissions every year.

General Motors is warning owners of some older Chevy Bolts to park them outdoors and avoid charging overnight after two vehicles caught fire.

San Diegans being asked to conserve energy as wildfires burn out of control, near a crucial power source for California, in southern Oregon and temperatures soar in northern California. Meanwhile, concerns grow over the Johnson and Johnson vaccine as reports of a severe autoimmune disease have been reported. NBC7’s Catherine Garcia has your Nightly Check-In.

California’s largest utility company has been blamed for half of the state’s most destructive fires since 2015. Now it has a plan to reduce the risk of sparks.

A no-burn order has been issued for large portions of the Southern California Sunday due to higher predicted PM2.5 levels, regulators said Saturday. Wood burning is prohibited effective at midnight Saturday through 11:59 p.m. Sunday for all those living in the South Coast Air Basin, including Orange County and non-desert portions of Los Angeles, Riverside and San Bernardino counties, according…

As San Diego grapples with a large homeless population, some turn to canyons and riverbeds for a place to live. NBC 7 Investigates Reporter Mari Payton spoke with a homeless advocate about this issue during the COVID pandemic.

NBC 7’s Bridget Naso has more details on the strings of fires that police are investigating in Chula Vista.

The Chula Vista Fire Department and Police Department are investigating a string of suspicious fires that occurred in Chula Vista within the past week. The suspicious fires first started on September 17 at around 3:30 a.m. Three brush fires broke out in East Chula Vista. One on Lake Crest Drive, another on Telegraph Canyon Road and Buena Vista Way, and…

A vast swath of a vital wetlands is burning in Brazil, sweeping across several national parks and obscuring the sun behind dense smoke.