The home ignites, becoming the fire’s fuel. Soon, it puts off radiant heat that can ignite the exterior of the home next door, which then allows fire to penetrate to the neighbor’s carpets, furniture and appliances. In dense neighborhoods, the events play out like a contagion.

The Tubbs fire in 2017 wiped out more than 5,000 structures in a Northern California county. Homeowners faced challenges, but hundreds were able to rebuild within two years.

Migrants trying to avoid arrest set fire to blankets and mattresses at a camp in the northern Mexican city of Chihuahua during a raid by government forces to clear the site in the early hours of Saturday.

Officials said the fire was largely brought under control after an hour of firefighting and efforts are underway to prevent it from spreading any further

Residents in the wildfire-ravaged communities of Altadena and Pasadena witnessed flames near the base of a transmission line owned by Southern California Edison.

A massive fire broke out near the Old GT Road crossing on the border of Sector 19 and Sector 5 in Maha Kumbh, starting in the Vivekananda camp. The blaze quickly spread, engulfing many other nearby camps,

Harrisburg police said one person is injured after a tent fire at the homeless encampment. Dauphin County dispatchers said the fire was reported at 7:58 a.m. at the 900 block of South Front Street. WGAL reported one person was flown to a local hospital, and emergency transmissions indicated one person suffered burns.

Documentary filmmaker Tracy Droz Tragos, who highlighted life after the 2018 Camp Fire, lost everything in the Palisades Fire in a terrifying case of life imitating art.

The L.A.-area fires may pose the first big test of California’s wildfire fund, which was set up in 2019 to protect utilities from bankruptcy.

Sal Almanza has worked 24-hour shifts in grueling terrain, cutting fire lines and hauling away brush trying to keep ahead of fires that have devastated several Los Angeles neighborhoods. Over 1,100 California inmates have been working around the clock in challenging conditions — including howling winds and toxic smoke — to help Cal Fire battle the Eaton and Palisades fires,

As fires continue to burn in Los Angeles County, the devastation is a painful reminder for survivors of the Camp Fire.

According to authorities two cylinders exploded in Sector 19 of the Maha Kumbh Mela, causing a massive fire in the camps