Now, this area is the subject of an investigation as a potential starting point for the Palisades fire, which burned thousands of structures last week. The general area was the site of a small ...

Fire crews battle the Eaton Fire on Wednesday in Altadena, Calif. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope) One of the terms that authorities use over and over when discussing wildfires is containment. That’s ...

Mandatory evacuation orders have been lifted for the Hurst Fire in the San Fernando Valley community of Sylmar as progress is made by firefighters, authorities said Thursday. The rapidly expanding ...

Severe wildfires raged across a huge swath of the Los Angeles area in early January, sparked by high winds and prime fire conditions. The blazes — including the Pacific Palisades, Eaton ...

The Sunset fire ignited in Hollywood Hills on Wednesday and reached 60 acres, according to the most recent update from the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD). Newsweek reached out to the LAFD by ...

A fire broke out at the border of Los Angeles and Ventura counties on Thursday afternoon and was spreading rapidly, threatening numerous hillside homes in the Calabasas and Hidden Hills areas.

All evacuation orders were lifted earlier this morning for those impacted by the fire. The blaze, which broke out Wednesday at about 5:30 p.m. near Runyan Canyon, charred about 43 acres before ...

A brush fire on Tuesday set off one of the most destructive blazes in Los Angeles history: the Palisades fire. By Thursday evening, nearly 20,000 acres of land and thousands of structures had been ...

There were foreboding warnings before the Palisades Fire would spark early Tuesday — a blaze that would rapidly rip through a residential neighborhood on Los Angeles’ west side, forcing the ...

A bush fire has spread at least 2,921 acres in Los Angeles and forced the evacuation of thousands of people on Tuesday as the flames were fueled by a severe wind storm pummeling Southern California.

Newsweek has contacted the California Fire Service via email for an update. Journalist Amrita Khalid, who evacuated her home in the coastal city of Santa Monica located about 15 minutes from ...

Editor's Note: This page is a summary of news on the Pacific Palisades fire for Tuesday, Jan. 7. For the latest updates on the California wildfires, please read USA TODAY'S live updates for ...