California adds 2.3M acres to high-risk fire zones, with new rules for ember-resistant zones. California's wildfire risk is rising, with over 2.3 million acres in high-risk zones. Droughts and ...
Find Firehouse.com’s full coverage of the 2025 California Fire Storm, which began Jan. 7 near Los Angeles, here. Feb. 25—With streaks of yellow, orange and red, Cal Fire's new fire risk maps ...
"It is always a concern, when you live in an area that it is so open, that you could have a fire erupt at any point," said Corinne Beshara.
Roosevelt Banks’s home in Altadena, Calif., was destroyed by the California wildfires. Nearly two months later, he’s still awaiting answers from his insurer and living week to week in hotels.
Governor Newsom ordered the updated maps to address the "new reality of extremes" in California's wildfire landscape. The maps, last updated in 2011, will inform new land-use and building ...