The Latest Breaking News on Wildfires

Disasters have long led to misinformation as people grasp for control, but the consequences can be life and death

The fires burning in the Los Angeles area are a powerful example of why humans have learned to fear wildfire. Fires can level entire neighborhoods in an instant. They can destroy communities, torch pristine forests and choke even faraway cities with toxic smoke.

A glamping business owner has responded to "infuriating" and "scary" accusations online that he and his friends sparked the devastating Palisades wildfire.

Mandy and Raymond Church have spent the last 40 years building their plumbing business which has been lost in the wildfires.

Millions of people across the Los Angeles area are being exposed to wildfire smoke as fires burn through homes and vehicles. The fires in January 2025 have burned thousands of structures, along with the building materials, furniture, paints, plastics and electronics inside them.

Have budget cuts fuelled the Los Angeles fires? Mayor Bass defends decisions as winds drive blazes.

The Los Angeles fires are a national disaster of epic proportions. City officials, California Gov. Gavin Newsom and President-elect Donald Trump have traded accusations about what caused this crisis. But as an engineering professor who lives in Los Angeles and has studied extreme events and natural and human-caused disasters for…

Fire danger remains high in parts of Los Angeles that have been ablaze for days

California's disaster shows how climate change has made wildfires more intense and more frequent