Firefighters wary of unpredictable “sundowner” winds fought on Thursday to keep a wildfire that destroyed dozens of multimillion-dollar homes from burning through the city of Santa Barbara. Although there were no further reports on Thursday of houses lost in the …
Chaotic, gusting winds fanned wildfires all over Southern California on Saturday, reducing 500 mobile homes to cinders and forcing thousands of homeowners and even firefighters to flee as flames as high as 50 feet licked at their heels. The Sayre …
Fire officials say three people have been killed in a small plane crash on Catalina Island. Los Angeles County Fire Department spokesman Ron Haralson says the plane crashed around 1:20 p.m. Monday near the runway of the island’s airport. The …
LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Calm winds brought relief to beleaguered firefighters and homeowners Wednesday, but flames from one of two Los Angeles-area wildfires still edged dangerously close to neighborhoods in the northwestern suburbs and Ventura County. Fire crews unleashed loads …
LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) — Officials are close to lifting the evacuation orders for thousands of people that fled raging wildfires that have torched more than 20,000 acres of Southern California terrain, Los Angeles mayor said Tuesday. “It is imminent. …