A second day of hot weather and dry winds stoked new wildfires across Northern California on Wednesday, as firefighters battled blazes that had damaged at least 50 homes and threaten hundreds more. ...more

June 12, 2008

Firefighters on Thursday finally doused the last flames of a deadly sugar refinery blast, a week after the refinery ignited. ...more

February 15, 2008

LAKE PLACID — A Division of Forestry crew was contemplating setting a backfire on Tuesday morning to burn out brush that could cause future blazes. ...more

February 12, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG - Investigators today released a video they hope will help them solve a string of arsons that occurred over a two-day period last month. ...more

December 4, 2007

Applying lessons learned just a week ago, Southern California is lining up fire crews and aircraft to get a jump on wildfires if the hot, dry Santa Ana winds expected to return this weekend cause major flare-ups. ...more

November 3, 2007

In one week, Southern California's wildfires spewed as much carbon dioxide - the primary global warming gas - as the state's power plants and vehicles do in a week, scientists say. ...more

November 1, 2007

With the worst of the wildfires dying down, many Southern Californians lucky enough to find their homes still standing could nevertheless face hardships for weeks to come, including polluted air, no electricity and no drinking water. ...more

October 27, 2007

Steve Levstik and his wife got 15 minutes of warning before flames swept through their neighborhood. That was 15 minutes more than last time. ...more

October 25, 2007

TAMPA - Ten volunteers with the Tampa chapter of the American Red Cross will head into the fire zones of California this week to help open shelters and feed evacuees or whatever else is needed in the shadows of the wildfires that are ravaging southern California. ...more

October 24, 2007

Wildfires burning out of control for a second day destroyed more than 600 homes Monday in Southern California as authorities warned about 265,000 households to evacuate. About 100 businesses also burned down. ...more

October 23, 2007