Lithium–ion batteries have been making headlines since the devastating Eaton and Palisades fires broke out a month ago. From concerns about evacuating in an electric vehicle, to the challenges of ...

Aircraft battling fires raging through the Los Angeles area are dousing the area with more than water: Hundreds of thousands of gallons of hot-pink fire suppressant have been dropped ahead of the ...

Extreme heat dries out vegetation and the soil. Wildfires ignite more easily, spread faster and burn with greater intensity in these conditions, as parched land is more flammable. In the western US, ...

Wildfires like the Los Angeles blazes destroy so much, but they often spare some evidence of the cause of their ignition ...

A law enforcement task force has been set up to uncover what caused the fires. The local agencies involved — the Los Angeles ...

Powerful Santa Ana winds, with gusts reaching hurricane strength, swept down the mountains outside Los Angeles and spread ...

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bipartisan wildfire prevention bill on Jan. 23 that would reduce costs and ...

By the following week, it destroyed thousands of structures, decimated whole communities, killed at least eight people and became the most destructive wildland fire in Los Angeles history.

The area near the Temescal Ridge Trail also appears to be free of power lines or transformers ... to go out and light a fire,” said Terry Taylor, a retired wildland fire investigator who ...

So far, the probe is focusing on potential human causes, which could include arson, fireworks, unauthorized camping or a rekindling of an earlier fire, law enforcement sources said.