Winds ease as crews fight Southern California fire

Containment is inching up on a smoky Los Angeles wildfire that damaged or destroyed more than 30 structures, as crews take advantage of calmer winds and cooler temperatures.

'In a panic': Service dog rescued from home as flames engulfed Southern California community

A service dog was rescued at the last minute on Thursday afternoon during a wind-driven wildfire sparked by burning trash that swept through a Southern California mobile home park.

Man on oxygen dies minutes after PG&E cuts off power, fire officials say

Northern California fire officials say a man dependent on oxygen died about 12 minutes after Pacific Gas and Electric shut down power to the area as part of a massive effort to prevent fire. 

‘If it saves a life’: Power cut to 1.5 million Californians

More than 1.5 million people in Northern California were in the dark Thursday, most for a second day, after the state’s biggest utility shut off electricity to many areas to prevent its equipment from sparking wildfires as strong winds sweep through.

Evacuations ordered in wildfire near St. Mary's College

The Merrill Fire, burning in the hills of Moraga, has burned up to 70 acres early Thursday morning has forced evacuations of at least one neighborhood, according to police and fire officials.

Smoke lingers from hay fire in southern Arizona

Smoke from a fire that has burned about 5,000 bales of hay in southern Arizona will linger for at least a day.

Johnson Fire near Prescott is 75% contained
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166 acres have burned and drivers are being asked to avoid areas such as Lower Wolf Creek.

Helicopter dropping water onto wildfire on North rim

Officials say the fire near the area of the North Rim of the Grand Canyon was started by lightning and has become more active recently due to high winds. Cews are trying to stop it from growing northward as winds pick up again this weekend.

Arizona State Forestry Department lifts fire restrictions
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Due to our wet weather and lower temperatures in the high country and here in the Valley, AZ State Forestry has lifted restrictions. FOX 10's Carmen Blackwell reports.

National forest near Phoenix lifts fire restrictions

The Tonto National Forest has lifted restrictions on building campfires, smoking and target shooting.

North Rim fire more active again due to winds, low moisture

An 8-week-old wildfire that for weeks had minimal growth and smoke is now more active in and near the Grand Canyon due to strong gusty winds and below-normal moisture.

Court halts timber activity in Southwest over threatened owl

A U.S. judge has halted tree-cutting activities across thousands of square miles of the Southwest until federal agencies can get a better handle on how to monitor the population of a threatened owl.

U.S. Forest Service seeks bids to thin dense stands of trees in Arizona

The U.S. Forest Service is seeking proposals to remove dense stands of trees in a wide swath of Arizona to help prevent wildfires.

Officials: Spark from rock strike likely caused wildfire

An excavator used to clear out parts of a northern Arizona forest to help prevent wildfires struck a rock, likely sparking a blaze that forced the evacuation of two dozen homes this summer, authorities said Thursday.

City of Flagstaff pulls out all the stops to prevent post-fire flooding

Even before the fire was out, people who live in Flagstaff knew they faced another danger. Not necessarily from the Museum Fire itself, but from the devastating flooding that could result from the combination of our monsoon and a watershed badly charred.

Officials: Lightning sparks new wildfire on New River Mesa

Fire crews are battling a new wildfire that is burning in the New River Mesa, an area to the north of Cave Creek.