the Palisades Fire and Eaton Fire lag behind many of the major wildfires in California history. California’s largest wildfire to date was the August Complex Fire, which burned a total of ...

Started by lightning strikes in the forests of Northern California, the August Complex Fire is the largest wildfire in California history by area, covering more than 1 million acres. It burned 935 ...

The August Complex Fire of 2020 tops the list at 1,032,648 acres. Cal Fire said in its July 29 morning update that the fire continued to be active into the previous evening, adding that the ...

State Fire Marshal Daniel Berlant outlines how Cal Fire is preparing for the peak of California’s increasingly long and ...

Dry and windy conditions have already fueled two vegetation fires in the Sacramento region as Wildfire Preparedness Week ...

“Through fuel reductions and prescribed burns and putting black acres on the ground, creating a buffer -- an area to where ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday announced the new 'Ask CAL FIRE' chatbot, which is now live on Cal Fire's website. "In an era of fast-moving wildfires, fast-moving information is essential," said CAL ...

A Vacaville man charged with three 2020 murders — two of them related to a series of wildland fires that swept over parts of ...

Retrofitted C-130 cargo plane can fly farther, faster, and carry more fire retardant than other Cal Fire aircraft ...

Cal Fire CZU responded to a structure fire overnight in Santa Cruz.The fire started in a small cabin near the Bigfoot Discovery Museum complex. The fire was quickly put out. The damage did not ...

As the 2025 fire season approaches, CAL FIRE is taking a proactive step to modernize its systems by launching a wildfire ...

The plane is the second C-130 in Cal Fire’s aviation fleet. The first one, a 1985 former Coast Guard model put into service last August, has been used heavily, flying 90 missions, responding to ...