As the impact of climate change takes its toll and areas see record-breaking temperatures and droughts, violent blazes have flared up all over the world. We take a look at some of the most violent and ...

Cal Fire released updated fire hazard maps for dozens of cities and towns in inland Northern California. All but one saw an ...

Cal Fire's new maps show Auburn increased its very high severity zone acreage to 800 this year compared to 326 acres a decade ...

A recent executive order by California Gov. Gavin Newsom aims to ramp up fire safety in urban areas as new maps released by ...

The new maps are expected to expand the roughly 800,000 acres currently in local fire jurisdictions zoned as “very high” by an additional 247,000 acres. Some 1.16 million acres will be categor ...

A mandatory evacuation order has been issued for the Line Fire burn area in Highland. The evacuation order applies to the ...

The fire broke out just after 8:30 a.m. on Grand Avenue. Multiple crews responded to the location from neighboring ...

Yet another blaze broke out in the Los Angeles area on Wednesday night. Dubbed the Sepulveda fire, it had grown to 20 acres by the early hours of Thursday morning. The fires raging in California this ...

CAL FIRE's maps only showed a ring of “very high” red hazard in the wildlands next to Altadena, with the vast majority of the city unmarked. Entire blocks of homes in Altadena were destroyed ...

An evacuation warning has been issued for these zones, CAL Fire says: JUR-0177, JUR-0178, JUR-0179, JUR-0181. Below is a map of the impacted area: The Clay Fire map can be seen in this photo.

Anna Skinner is a Newsweek senior reporter based in Indianapolis. Her focus is reporting on the climate, environment and weather but she also reports on other topics for the National News Team.