One in 8 Californians now live in places at risk for the kinds of devastating wildfires that tore through Los Angeles this winter, according to a Washington Post analysis of new state fire maps.

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.

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

Cal Fire's new maps for Southern California added 3.5 million acres into fire-hazard zones, increasing the acreage in the highest hazard zone by 26%.

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

Local firefighters were assisted by Florida Forest Service, which flew in a helicopter to drop water. Another Martin County fire, about an acre, burned in Hobe Sound. About a week earlier ...

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

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

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

earlier maps identified only very high fire severity zones. Local municipalities are required to designate the zones within their areas within 120 days of the state fire marshal’s recommendation.

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