Wildfires

The Bobcat Fire burning in the Angeles National Forest, which has scorched 115,769 acres, was 89% contained Tuesday morning, with evacuation orders lifted.

The staggering scale of California’s wildfires reached another milestone Monday: A single fire surpassed 1 million acres.

This list shows the locations of California’s 10 largest wildfires. Each fire includes the cause of the fire, date, location, acres burned, number of buildings damaged and fatalities. The data was compiled by Cal Fire and does not include fires before 1932, when less reliable records were available.

Deadly wildfires in California have burned more than four million acres this year, more than double the previous record for the most land burned in a single year in the state.

Firefighters increased containment of the Bobcat Fire burning in the Angeles National Forest to 84% contained Sunday, although the 114,963-acre blaze continued to threaten some 6,000 structures.

The Bobcat Fire burning in the Angeles National Forest was 79% contained Friday — a slight increase — but its size remained the same, having blackened 114,901 acres. “Overnight, firefighters observed minimal fire activity and no fire growth,” the U.S. Forest Service reported on Friday. “Isolated pockets of fire are sti...

Residents and business owners fear the worst as the fire threat looms this week. Gordon Tokumatsu reports for the NBC4 News on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020.

A brush fire blackened 300 acres Monday afternoon and quickly threatened about a dozen homes in the Castaic Canyons area near Santa Clarita.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday declared a State of Emergency for Napa, Sonoma, and Shasta counties due to the Glass and Zogg fires, which have caused tens of thousands of residents to be evacuated, the governor’s office said.

A small brush fire burned early Monday afternoon in the Acton area northeast of Los Angeles on a day of widespread red flag warnings in California.

Evacuations were ordered for parts of Napa and Sonoma counties as several brush fires spread quickly overnight north of the Bay Area.

Evacuations have been ordered for some Antelope Valley foothill communities near the north flank of the Bobcat Fire in Angeles National Forest.  Containment of the 114,200-acre Bobcat Fire dropped from 65% to 62% Monday, as firefighters prepared for a day of moderate Santa Ana winds. The fire has been burning in the Angeles National Forest for near...

Firefighters increased containment Sunday to 65% for the 114,103-acre Bobcat Fire in the Angeles National Forest, which has burned for nearly three weeks and threatened communities in the Antelope Valley and foothills of the San Gabriel Valley.