As of Friday morning, the fire had scorched 150 acres and was 50% contained. An update was expected later Friday.

State Fire Marshall Daniel Berlant told CalMatters: "The reason we map these areas is to tie these really important wildfire mitigations to them, helping us to ensure that as we build out new ...

The city's fire marshall, Darcy Davidson, said the increase was not surprising and the map accurately reflects the conditions firefighters are seeing. Moreover, the maps will help the city ...

California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection officials on Monday unveiled updated fire hazard maps for the High Desert and other portions of Southern California The new Cal Fire rankings ...

Cal Fire released updated fire hazard maps that categorize areas in Southern California as moderate, high or very high risk. The new maps, which factor in elements like vegetation and terrain ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Severe fire hazard zones blanket parts of California on new state maps published Monday, as fire officials rush to keep up with the impacts of climate change on the Golden ...

The maps are part of a 40-year-old program in which the state Forestry and Fire Protection Department, or Cal Fire, periodically documents areas that are most prone to having a wildfire within the ...

Cal Fire reported this week in a release of new maps for areas under local and county fire agency jurisdiction. According to Cal Fire data, San Diego County has 157,338 acres with “very high ...

Fenland District Council put them in place in 2005 and 2006 to monitor the risk of pollution from a now decommissioned coal fire boiler in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire. The Department for Food and ...

Now, local agencies will review the maps and eventually adopt them. Credit: Montecito Fire Department photo Do you live in a high fire hazard zone? CalFire has released updated fire hazard maps ...

Cal Fire has released new fire hazard severity zone maps for public review and comment, including maps for Tulare County, Woodlake, and Porterville. The new maps will impact future building ...