Californians are by now familiar with how vicious wildfires have become. Fires are not only burning hotter, but they are spreading quicker as well. So how do people know when fire crews gain the upper ...

(NewsNation) — Wildfires in the LA area have burned more than 29,000 acres and forced the evacuations of more than 180,000 people. The two largest fires are still at zero percent containment.

A firefighter waits for crew members to bring water to douse hot spots off Highway 371 after the Highland fire burned 2,400 acres in rural Riverside County near Temecula on Oct. 31, 2023. (Gina ...

One of the terms that authorities use over and over when discussing wildfires is containment. That’s because containment is a critical measure of how much progress they're making at stopping the fire ...

Containment does not mean that a blaze has been completely extinguished. Rather, it refers to how much of a perimeter has been established around an active fire, preventing it from growing and ...

Fire season never really leaves in California anymore. And it's way scarier than any slasher flick or haunted house. East Coast kids get snow days off from school; SoCal kids get fire days. As your ...