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Breaking from their tradition of luxury draft houses, the Rams will hold this year’s draft with the LAFD, honoring first responders after devastating wildfires
With wildfires growing more frequent and toxic exposure a deadly risk, the Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act aims to support firefighters facing heightened cancer rates
The January fires scorched more than 13,500 homes and garages, leaving behind damaged Lithium-ion batteries that posed an ongoing threat of toxic, hard-to-extinguish fires
Courtney McClain watched Capt. Jason May on a surveillance app as he fought to keep the flames from destroying her Oak Park, Calif. home
The state needs to do a better job of getting warnings to residents through cellphones, broadcast outlets and the internet, experts and legislators said
The video shows the Sawmill Fire breaking out in yellow grassland after Dennis Dickey’s exploding target ignited the blaze
A GoFundMe page launched by the colleagues of Steve Morris, who lost everything in the Camp Fire, has raised more than $13,000
More than two weeks after the deadliest fire on record in California killed at least 85 people, officials said the massive Camp fire was finally 100 percent contained
The Camp Fire death toll climbed to 81 after the remains of two more people were found, authorities said
Firefighter Ryan Coleman came across a cat while surveying debris from the Camp fire, and the cat rode around on his shoulders as he continued to work
Los Angeles fire officials paused their work dropping water on the Woolsey Fire to rescue three people and two dogs who were stuck in a remote area
The HFPA, which hosts the annual Golden Globe Awards, will donate $300,000 to organizations helping those affected by the wildfires and Thousand Oaks shooting
Robert DePalma and William Erlbacher allegedly burglarized a Cal Fire station during the Camp fire, according to officials
Paramedics, nurses and others broke into the garage of a home that was unaffected by the fire to keep patients safe after an ambulance caught fire
A somber President Trump toured the devastation of California’s deadly wildfires and vowed to marshal the power of the federal government to help
Heather Roebuck said goodbye to her newborn daughter as she was evacuated by ambulance after a C-section, only to have the ambulance catch fire
A cash contribution of $850,000 will go to the CDF Firefighters Benevolent Foundation and several other organizations
The high number of missing people probably includes some who fled the blaze and don’t realize they’ve been reported missing
At least 53 firefighters in Butte County have lost their homes as a result of the wildfire, but are still on the front lines to protect others
The Washington firefighter was in Malibu to respond to the Woolsey fire when he was struck by a civilian vehicle
As the scope of a deadly Northern California wildfire set in, the sheriff said more than 450 people had now been assigned to comb through the charred remains
Here are some ways you can give back to first responders who are responding to the wildfires, often as they lose their own homes
As firefighters help battle the Camp Fire, the Cannon Beach Rural Fire Protection District passed a policy limiting how often crews can be sent to other places
Firefighters from 17 states are answering the call for help in wildfires that are consuming the state of California
Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea said he has requested 100 National Guard troops to help with the search for human remains
By digging trenches to create a fire break, a private firefighting crew saved the celebrity couple’s home, along with other homes in their neighborhood
Search and recovery teams looked for human remains from a Northern California wildfire that killed at least 42, making it the deadliest in state history
Catastrophic California wildfires have caused unprecedented destruction and required aid from agencies across the country
Long-term community action is key to reducing the loss of lives, property, infrastructure and natural resources from wildfires
California Professional Firefighters President Brian Rice said President Trump’s tweet about the wildfires was “ill-informed, ill-timed and demeaning”
Six more were found dead in a swath of Northern California wiped out by fire, raising the death toll there to 29 and the statewide total to 31
Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea said 14 additional bodies were found, bringing the death toll to 23
Two people were found dead and scores of houses from the celebrity mansions of Malibu to the mobile homes of seniors burned in a pair of wildfires