The Bee Rock Creek Fire continues to burn in a rugged area of McDowell County amid forecasted "very high" fire danger on ...

Another fire, the Bee Rock Branch Fire, near Little Switzerland in McDowell County started April 14 and has grown to 175 ...

The fire, now being referred to as the Bee Rock Branch Fire, is currently burning south of Wild Acres Road and north of ...

A month after CalFire released new fire hazard maps, local agencies have reviewed them and, in some cases, proposed ...

Some cities had fewer acres in the very high risk designation, but most of the region had more high risk acreage.

All told, the size of orange and red patches on the new maps is 3,626 square miles — an area nearly twice the size of Delaware.

After reviewing the maps, Santa Barbara County fire departments amended and expanded the hazard zones using their own knowledge of the region’s tinder boxes. Following a public comment period, local ...

Cities with first-time fire zone designations include Santa Monica, La Cañada-Flintridge, South Pasadena, Alhambra, ...