Initial location: Riverside County, Calif. A new wildfire was reported today at 2:27 p.m. at in Riverside County, California.

Dubbed the Carr Fire, the fatal inferno has killed six people, including three members of one family and two firefighters, since it started last week and has the potential to become among one of the largest wildfires in California’s history as it continues to burn with 20% containment.

Cal Fire and the California Department of Forestry & Fire Prevention are offering the public an interactive view of the Springs Fire, which is burning at least 3,500 acres in Moreno Valley Friday afternoon.

Panda Fire initially started today at 9:18 a.m. in in Trinity County, California. It has been burning on federal land managed by the United States Forest Service for two hours. There is currently no information on the containment of the fire and its cause has not yet been determined.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A large plume of smoke rising into the sky from the Gold Fire burning in the wilderness north of Big Bear Lake. The fire has charred over 300 acres, but no homes are currently threatened ...

(FOX40.COM) — Around 1 a.m., Cal Fire crews, along with U.S. Forest Service – El Dorado National Forest and El Dorado County Fire Protection District, responded to a vegetation fire in the Randolph Canyon Road area of Pollock Pines on Friday.

All national forests in California will close Wednesday evening as the state sees “explosive growth of fires throughout” the state. The U.S. Forest Service closed eight national forests in Southern California Monday night, and the rapid growth Tuesday ...

In 2019 and again in 2021, Penn State researchers in the Department of Geography walked a series of 1,000 square foot plots in California's Lassen Volcanic National Park. The goal was to see how the forest that's hands-off to residents and most fire ...