Just 3 weeks after being added to the Cal Fire fleet, a converted military air tanker has taken to the skies on more than a ...

according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire). Since the fire began on Sept. 8, it has destroyed at least 49 structures and threatened more than 12,000 other ...

(FOX40.COM) — Arsonists set fire to a hillside covered in dry grass below the towering deck of California’s tallest bridge on Saturday afternoon, according to CAL FIRE Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit.

Firefighters battled a fire at Chico Scrap Metal Saturday. CAL FIRE crews found heavy fire showing from a large scrap pile. No structures were involved. Battalion Chief Jordan Hale told Action ...

Cal Fire Battalion Chief Michael Martinez was in a department vehicle when he arrived at the haunting scene. Get top local stories in Southern California delivered to you every morning.

"I couldn’t be more proud of the work that the deputies assigned to the Highland station and the Cal Fire investigators did to deliver a strong case to the DA," he said in written statement.

LIVINGSTON, Calif. (KFSN) -- The Livingston City Council recently voted to authorize legal action against Merced County after county officials voted to close a popular CAL FIRE station.

Most were destroyed. There also were 12,168 structures threatened, Cal Fire said. The fire as of Sunday afternoon, Sept. 15 was estimated at 54,033 acres — up from 53,783 acres on Saturday ...

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"The northwest flank of the fire continues to be the most active," according to Cal Fire. "Firefighters focused on direct attack along the fire’s edge with strike teams of engines, hand crews ...