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.

Eaton fire tore through Altadena, burning buildings and killing many. Its residents are only now taking in the scale of devastation

Terrified residents caught in blazing neighbourhoods, influencers ignoring the ban on drones and the frightening unpredictability of the wildfires are just some of what journalists covering the fires ravaging Los Angeles for AFP have had to manage.

The LA native’s donation comes as firefighters still work to control the blazes

He left his Los Angeles-area home to cover the wildfires, but the flames were barreling toward his front door

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…