Hours after the Center fire or Bernardo fire sparked, all residents were allowed to return home Wednesday afternoon, and roads were reopened.

Former Cal Fire Director Ken Pimlott joins “The Hill” to discuss the challenges faced by firefighters. He says containment of the fires is methodical and tedious, but adds that it will be ...

Cal Fire has sent nearly a dozen aircraft from Northern ... “As the wind rolls over the hill, that creates rotors. And so, it just accelerates through those little drainages,” he said.

Amanda Hari reports on a Cal Fire battalion chief who is back working in the Bay Area after fighting the LA fires. Website: ...

The fire while contained is still burning and has the potential to jump the boundary, according to CalFire. A fire is "controlled" when it no longer has the ability to jump a containment line.

All of these blazes are also "0 percent" contained, according to CALFIRE. "Extreme fire behavior, including short and long-range spotting, continues to challenge firefighting efforts for the ...

Containment is the percentage of the fire's total perimeter that has been surrounded by a boundary expected to stop it from spreading, according to CalFire. The boundary can be natural ...

The study comes after the International Agency for Research on Cancer officially classified firefighting as a carcinogenic profession. The initiative is a collaboration with Cal Fire, the National ...

Currently, residents outside the cities of Gilroy and Morgan Hill are part of the South Santa Clara County Fire Protection District, which contracts with Cal Fire for service. "The significance is ...

Redwood City announced last week the appointment of Baraka Carter as its new fire chief.