Some 120,000 acres, the equivalent of the size of San Francisco, burned in the 24 hours just before the fire tornado. The ...

Extreme heat and dry conditions are yielding rare fire behavior — including what some are calling a "fire tornado" — as the ...

Smoke billowed in what appeared to be a fire tornado Thursday evening in the Park Fire, according to footage from UC San Diego’s AlertCalifornia live camera feed. Cal Fire and the National Weather ...

Highway 166 flooded near Wasioja Road outside of Santa Maria during a freak thunderstorm on Thursday afternoon, according to ...

Massive smoke plumes from three wildfires raging simultaneously across four Southern California counties can be seen ...

“It looked like this insane tornado fire thing ... mean a delayed start to the rainy season for Southern California, with higher fire risk persisting into November or even December.

A whirling vortex of smoke seen on camera as the "Park Fire" in California exploded Thursday looked just like a tornado, but scientists are investigating whether it was a rare fire tornado or just a ...

The 23,000-acre fire, known as the Airport fire, was one of three major wildfires in Southern California that erupted during ...

Mapping the global heatwave Why wildfires are breaking out in the 'wrong' countries "We are seeing fire whirls - literally what can be described as a tornado," California department of forestry ...

Thousands have been told to leave their homes as the Line Fire threatens over 35,000 buildings in San Bernadino County.

Under a new state program, property insurers must provide discounts for home wildfire mitigation. But some discounts are ...