The death toll from two weeks of record blazes rose to 16 when a firefighter, who had been burned in a forest fire in central Portugal last week, died of his injuries late Wednesday night.

A one-eighth-acre fire broke out Sunday afternoon on the southbound Interstate 5 near the Valencia Boulevard exit and was quickly extinguished by firefighters, according to Supervising Fire ...

SANTA CRUZ — The Santa Cruz County District Attorney’s Office has charged a 19-year-old man with felony arson after firefighters extinguished a downtown vegetation fire Monday night.

SANTA CRUZ — The Santa Cruz County District Attorney’s Office has charged a 19-year-old man with felony arson after firefighters extinguished a downtown vegetation fire Monday night.

SANTA CRUZ — Investigators believe a fire that broke out early Saturday morning in a hotel elevator was intentionally set, a Santa Cruz Fire Department official said. A fire alarm on the 100 ...

Firefighters continue to gain control over the Mountain Fire, increasing containment to ... unincorporated Camarillo, Somis, Santa Paula, and Fillmore as of Monday. Officials said these areas ...

The Santa Cruz CHP Twitter account also posted a photo and noted that far two northbound lanes on Highway 1 near Buena Vista Dr. were closed due to the response to the so-called Buena Fire.

Rest Fire initially started today at 2:10 p.m. in Santa Barbara County. It has been burning on private land for two hours. There is currently no information on the containment or cause of the fire.

Read more on our AI policy here. A new prescribed burn, named Sbc Trex Training, was initiated today at 10:45 a.m. in Santa Barbara County. The prescribed fire has been burning on private land.

WELL, WE’LL START WITH A LIVE PICTURE HERE. THIS IS GOING TO BE OFF OF SANTA ANA AVENUE. THIS IS NOW REPORTED AS AN RV FIRE THERE. AND YOU CAN SEE WHAT’S LEFT OF THAT RV WAS A PRETTY INVOLVED ...

The Santa Clara County Fire Department has more than three times the space to fight fires in the Santa Cruz Mountains with last week’s opening of the Redwood Fire Station. Though the department ...