Autonomous Wildfire Response Helicopter demonstrates precise water drops for rapid fire suppression: Sikorsky and Rain.aero.

For years, Santa Cruz County has not paid enough attention to community fire protection and safe movement, particularly in the rural wildland districts that ring the county, writes Sanjay Khandelwal.

At least 192 structures were destroyed by a fan-flamed wildfire that quickly spread to more than 20,000 acres in Ventura ...

Nearly a week after the destructive Mountain Fire destroyed more than a hundred buildings and torched tens of thousands of acres of brush in Ventura County, firefighters are defending their response ...

EL CAJON, Calif. (KGTV) – An unassuming tan building in El Cajon is home to new Cal Fire San Diego technology. “So, we’ve had it about five months. The crews have finally gotten used to it,” Cpt. Mike ...

At the same time parts of Connecticut are facing forest fires, a pioneering state company is testing out autonomous ...

Authorities said firefighters battled fierce, howling winds and rescued people as a fast-moving Southern California wildfire ...

Firefighters in Ventura County, California continue to battle a rapidly growing wildfire that has forced thousands to evacuate.

The fire has burned over 20,000 acres of Ventura County and forced more than 10,000 people to evacuate from their homes.

Officials said 132 homes were lost and 88 damaged, making one of the most destructive fires in the region in several years.

The fire prompted a massive response from crews across the state, including five strike teams out of Auburn in Placer County.

Six homes have been damaged by flames from a brush fire burning in the Moorpark area. The fire has crossed Highway 118 and is ...