Here's a quick guide to many of the terms commonly used in connection with wildfires and public safety in the face of the ...

The Airport Fire has burned 23,519 acres, destroyed 160 structures and damaged 34 others, and resulted in 15 injuries, ...

The Airport Fire, which has burned 23,519 acres, destroyed 160 structures and damaged 34 others in Orange and Riverside ...

Firefighters continued to make progress battling the Airport Fire in Orange and Riverside counties, holding the spread and growth of the blaze.

You're a hotshot working to contain a wildfire. The conflagration jumps the fire line, forcing your crew to flee using pre-determined escape routes. At the start of the day, the crew boss estimated ...

Kwong, Orange County's health officer, on Friday reissued an emergency declarationn for the Airport fire that began Sept. 9 ...

The Airport Fire, which has burned 23,519 acres, destroyed 160 structures and damaged 34 others in Orange and Riverside counties, is now 62% contained, Cal Fire said Saturday Meanwhile, Orange ...

Thousands of firefighting personnel were battling early on Friday a wholly uncontained wildfire spread over some 51,000 acres ...

The Bridge Fire, which ignited on Sunday afternoon in the Angeles National Forest, has grown to 1,255 acres in less than 24 ...

The Crest Way Fire is 100% contained after residents from 14 homes were told to evacuate in Yarnell on Monday evening.

Percent contained: In the firefighting world, containment means a certain level of control — specifically, how much of the fire’s edge, or perimeter, firefighters believe they can stop from ...

So can human interventions such as using a bulldozer to scrape the vegetation off a swath of land to deprive the fire of fuel it could use to grow. That’s why even when a fire is 100% contained ...