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Around 220 goats are helping San Diego Gas & Electric take a bite out of potential wildfire ignition sources and carbon emissions.

A fire in Castaic prompted dozens of evacuations before being lifted Wednesday night. Robert Kovacik reports for the NBC4 News on Wednesday, April 28, 2021.

Dozens of families were forced to pack up and go as a fire ripped through Castaic. As reported on the NBC4 News on Wednesday, April 28, 2021.

Evacuations were ordered as the fire charred through dry brush, as reported on Wednesday, April 28, 2021.

A California prosecutor has filed 33 criminal counts against troubled Pacific Gas & Electric for a 2019 fire officials blamed on the utility.

Wildfires in the Black Hills of South Dakota have closed Mount Rushmore and forced 400 homes to be evacuated, according to authorities.

Two homes were destroyed and a third house was badly damaged in a wind-driven fire that broke out in a Bloomington neighborhood just before 12:30 a.m. Thursday.

State Controller Betty T. Yee on Tuesday reminded Southern California homeowners affected by recent wildfires that they have more time to apply for the Property Tax Postponement program.

A brush fire that has blackened 6,686 acres and destroyed 31 buildings since being triggered by a Silverado Canyon house fire last week was 85% contained Wednesday morning, and all evacuation warnings have been lifted.

A wind-driven brush fire in Silverado Canyon sparked by a house fire exploded to more than 7,000 acres Thursday and was growing rapidly as mandatory and voluntary evacuations were ordered for residents in a large portion of Orange County.

A young bobcat is getting some much-needed rest and treatment at a San Diego County animal care center after it suffered burns and other injuries in the El Dorado Fire.

Firefighters are battling a 60-acre brush fire that broke out in San Dimas early Friday morning.

A brush fire broke out in San Dimas early Friday morning near San Dimas Canyon Road and E. Golden Hills Road. Currently, the fire is not near homes or businesses but there is a lot of vegetation in the area.

The Blue Ridge and Silverado wildfires that damaged homes in Yorba Linda and Irvine and caused thousands of residents to evacuate were 93% contained Tuesday morning as more than 1,100 firefighters mopped up hot spots and worked to extend containment lines of cleared vegetation.

Thousands of Irvine residents evacuated due to the Silverado Fire were back home early Thursday morning as firefighters increased containment of the blaze that has injured two firefighters and blackened 13,390 acres to 32%.

The Blue Ridge Fire burning in Yorba Linda has destroyed a structure, damaged seven others, burned 14,334 acres and was 23% contained early Thursday morning as evacuated residents were being allowed to return home.

Thousands of Irvine residents evacuated due to the Silverado Fire were returning home Wednesday morning as firefighters worked to contain the blaze, which has blackened 13,390 acres and was 32% contained by Wednesday night.

Colorado has seen three of its largest wildfires in state history occur this year, two of which are still growing. The largest wildfire currently burning in the state is the Cameron Peak Fire, which has scorched more than 206,000 acres, according to the fire-reporting site InciWeb. As of Friday morning, it was 57% contained. Firefighters in the state have also been...

A Colorado wildfire, fueled by high winds, grew by more than 22,000 acres Wednesday to become the largest in state history, NBC News reports.

Residents living near western wildfires are being urged to evacuate early before escape routes are blocked.