Southern California Wildfire Coverage

SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO - Firefighters plan to fight fire with fire today, setting backfires to destroy the brush that has been fueling the 250-acre blaze in Verdugo Canyon, an Orange County Fire Authority captain said.

For those who live in areas burned last year in fires, city fire officials and emergency managers are hosting post-fire erosion meetings starting tonight.

SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO - Two firefighters were injured while fighting a fire that burned more than 250 acres today and was sparked by a downed power pole on a rugged hillside near San Juan Capistrano.

It's been a year since the Sayre Fire destroyed 500 mobile homes at Oakridge. Join Off-Ramp hosts to recall the devastation and see what has happened in the year since.

The Station Fire burned nearly 250 square miles in the Angeles National Forest, destroyed homes and buildings, and sent people and animals running for their lives. But there was a silver lining in those giant pyrocumulus clouds. The fire helped officials fine tune how they’ll use social media during future fires and disasters.

When the Santa Ana winds come out, so do the firebugs. Some communities in high fire danger areas take precaution into their own hands by adding more of their own eyes to keep watch.

Nearly 1,000 firefighters are working to contain a blaze in California's Santa Cruz Mountains, and officials say they made good progress overnight.

Dozens of residents near Santa Cruz are under mandatory evacuation orders as a wildfire moves toward their homes. The blaze so far has burned 800 acres.

It’ll be a long road to recovery for the nearly 250 square miles of Angeles National Forest land that burned in the Station Fire. The Burned Area Emergency Response (or BAER) team has provided a roadmap for the recovery.

A prison inmate faces arson and murder charges in Southern California. The suspect has been named in a grand jury indictment for a wildfire in 2003.

Authorities in San Bernardino County have filed murder and arson charges against a man believed responsible for starting the Old Fire back in 2003. It burned more than 90,000 in the San Bernardino National Forest, destroyed hundreds of homes, and led to several deaths.

Detectives still far from arrest in Station fire arson http://bit.ly/42qjPI

Crews have nearly contained San Juan Capistrano wildfire http://bit.ly/MSn2G

Cooler weather expected to aid firefighters battling blaze near San Juan Capistrano http://bit.ly/3fIldq

Full containment expected tomorrow on San Juan Capistrano wildfire http://bit.ly/2RQ9Tn

RT @OCFA_PIO More than 300 firefighters on scene [at Ortega Fire, as of 4:20pm] w/ 5 helos aggressively fighting the 100 acre blaze. #fire

San Juan Capistrano fire burns 20 acres; 2 firefighters hurt http://bit.ly/1SPpGi

New brush fire burning near San Juan Capistrano [Updated] http://bit.ly/3uBp8Z

L.A. firefighters battling blaze in Sepulveda Pass [Updated] http://bit.ly/2smftB

Firefighters present family with tribute badge destroyed in a wildfire http://bit.ly/15mO1y

Fire weather forecast for Los Angeles and Ventura counties http://bit.ly/3wfn5a

Hillside residents fear threat of more mudslides http://bit.ly/3nRoyI

U.S. Forest Service report: Station fire terrain too steep to fight safely http://bit.ly/105glc

Mudslide damages six homes, closes road in La Canada Flintridge http://bit.ly/1YjAPV

Orange County unveils ambitious brush-fire warning system, a year after devastating blaze http://bit.ly/1qNz8b