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A wildfire that broke out several miles southwest of a destructive fire in Northern California doubled in size overnight, charring almost 8 square miles. Authorities couldn’t say how many homes were evacuated or how many people were told to be prepared to flee. Containment...

The U.S Forest Service released the identity of the firefighter who died while combatting the Sierra Fire near Echo Summit on Saturday.

A 21-year-old U.S. Forest Service firefighter from Shingle Springs, Calif., was killed Saturday after being struck by a falling tree as crews were mounting an assault on a small wildfire near Lake Tahoe, authorities said Sunday.

One percent of fires now consume about 30 percent of the Forest Service’s firefighting budget, Vilsack said.

Waterloo/Morada Fire Department’s strike team members just left the Rocky Fire and are waiting in a staging area in Anderson for their next assignment, which may be the lightning strike fires in Shasta county, said Waterloo/Morada Fire Capt. Jason Harper.

Firefighters in the US state of California have made more progress in fighting against a massive wildfire, allowing hundreds of evacuees to return to their neighborhoods where they find their homes devastated.

Gov. Jerry Brown, center, speaks next to Mark Ghilarducci, director of the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services, left, and Cal Fire Chief Ken Pimlott, right, at a news conference at Cowboy Camp Trailhead near Clearla…

With more than a dozen wildfires wreaking havoc in California alone, the Forest Service revealed that more than half of its operating budget – or roughly $1.2 billion – is going toward fighting fires.

All evacuation orders have been canceled and no road closures were in place.

Flames from a backfire operation burn through a grove of trees as firefighters try to head off the Rocky Fire on August 3, 2015 near Clearlake, California.

An approaching storm lowered temperatures in northern California from triple digits to the 60s and 70s on Monday, giving a respite to crews which have spent five days fighting the ravenous, 60,000-acre Rocky fire in near record heat.

A fierce wildfire that has devoured drought-parched terrain in northern California with remarkable speed raged on for a sixth day on Monday as evacuations expanded and firefighters began to gain some ground against the flames. “It was ready to go”. Thousands more lie...

His body was recovered the following day.