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The fire swelled to more than 9,000 acres – sending a massive column of black smoke visible for miles. At one point during the inferno, more than 30 acres were estimated to have been consumed ...
CASTAIC, California (Reuters) -A new wildfire that broke out north of Los Angeles on Wednesday rapidly spread to more than 8,000 acres (32 square km), fueled by strong winds and dry brush, forcing ...
The timeline for the Palisades Fire investigation is difficult to predict, Jones said, but noted the agency’s final report on the 2023 Maui wildfire did not come out until more than a year after ...
The latest Los Angeles County wildfire, dubbed the Hughes Fire, began as a brush fire Wednesday a little before 11 a.m. before spreading to over 8,000 acres by around 4 p.m. local time.
Wildfire response is coordinated at the federal level by the National Interagency Fire Center, with the participation of the U.S. National Weather Service, and various agencies of the Departments of the Interior, Agriculture, Homeland Security, and Commerce. Fire squadrons of the United States Army are also sometimes called to large fires.
A wildfire, forest fire, or a bushfire is an unplanned, uncontrolled and unpredictable fire in an area of combustible vegetation. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Depending on the type of vegetation present, a wildfire may be more specifically identified as a bushfire ( in Australia ), desert fire, grass fire, hill fire, peat fire, prairie fire, vegetation fire, or ...
Wildfires in the United States articles (2024–present) 2024 , 2025 This is a list of wildfires across the United States during 2025, that have burned more than 1,000 acres (400 hectares), produced significant structural damage or casualties, or otherwise been notable.
An aircraft flies to drop fire retardant over the area of a wildfire burning near Pacific Palisades on the west side of Los Angeles during a weather driven windstorm on Jan. 7, 2025. California ...