The California Department of Transportation is under pressure to boost sweeps even as budgets threaten to shrink, shelters ...

The most severe incident, known as the Millar Fire, burned 11 acres in Rancho San Diego and forced evacuations, although no ...

According to Cal Fire data, San Diego County has 157,338 acres with “very high” fire hazard, the highest level of hazard. In ...

Wildfires are a year-round threat in San Diego County, but some top firefighters ... Fire trucks that used to cost $1 million a few years ago, now cost more than $2 million. And trucks that ...

A vehicle caught fire on a highway in San Diego Tuesday, prompting at least two temporary lane closures, authorities said.

The state fire marshall says the maps are meant to help cities and counties plan new communities and should not affect the insurance rates of existing homes.

For the first time in 15 years, Fire Hazard Severity Zone maps were updated for San Diego County, and they show a 26% increase in acreage now designated as “very high" fire risk. According to ...

According to Cal Fire’s data, San Diego now has 157,338 acres with the very high designation, a 9% decrease from the 180,700 acres that had the highest level of wildfire hazard in the 2011 map.

A woman died, and two others were able to escape a fire at a home in Mira Mesa early Monday, the San Diego-Fire Rescue Department ... which burned right through part of the roof, but because ...

The wildfire crisis is growing, but so is AI’s potential to save lives, protect communities and reshape emergency response as ...

The end-result is stark: 6.8 million acres of fire hazard zones running up and down California. "The sheer number of more cities and areas that are now being ... Riverside, San Diego and San ...