Three wildfires have burned more than 3,500 acres this week in Southern California and triggered evacuation orders and warnings for tens of thousands of residents in Ventura and Riverside counties. The fires blanketed widespread parts of the region with smoke,

The island has been closed to visitors, and all non-fire staff were evacuated on Sunday, the National Park Service said.

As firefighters continue to build containment lines around the 1,700-acre Sandy Fire in Simi Valley, CalFire is offering the public a three-dimensional view of the fire perimeter, evacuation zones

California fires have triggered evacuation orders and warnings. See latest on size and containment.

Simi Valley, the Channel Islands and areas east of Bakersfield are on fire. What’s the risk for Northern California?

As dangerously hot air bakes parts of the Southwest, forecasters are flagging elevated odds of significant wildland fire activity.

The fast-moving fires prompted evacuations and the closure of a national park the afternoon of Monday, May 18.

A fast-burning wildfire prompted evacuations and is threatening homes in the Simi Valley area of Ventura County in Southern California.

( KTLA) — A shipwrecked sailor may have started California’s largest active wildfire when he fired flares in an effort to get rescued, a U.S. Coast Guard official told News 2’s sister station, KTLA, Tuesday.

A wave of wildfires over the past few days has stretched fire crews across several counties as the flames destroy structures and drive thousands of residents to evacuate. In Simi Valley, tens of thousands remain evacuated as firefighters work to make progress on the Sandy Fire,