Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A firefighter with a headlamp hoses down flames as the Palisades fire ravages homes on El Medio Avenue on Tuesday. (Brian van der ...

Wildland firefighter Nicholai Allen, founder of wildfire mitigation company SAFE SOSS, explains how military families can prepare homes and neighborhoods before wildfire season intensifies.

A stairway is all that's left of a house that burned down from the Palisades fire on PCH in Malibu. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times) Not quite six years ago, wildfire expert Jack Cohen, who lives in ...

Before more wildfires caused by Santa Ana winds arrive, all homeowners in fire-vulnerable areas should consider adding ember-proof screens to all their homes’ vents and any other small openings.

REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- A man burning trash illegally in southwest Redmond was arrested on a reckless burning charge Tuesday after an ember sparked a 2-acre vegetation fire, an official said.

A typical single-family house is encircled by green, its shrubs and plants sitting just under windows and hugging exterior walls. It’s an image that California is trying to get homeowners to rethink ...