Wildfires

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

A firefighter who barely survived being overrun by flames while battling a Southern California wildfire last October has been released from a hospital to cheers.

A man accused of dumping burning trash near dry brush has been arrested in a deadly 2019 wildfire. Video broadcast Tuesday Feb. 16, 2021 on Today in LA.

A 38-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the 2019 Sandalwood Fire in Riverside County.

A number of homes have been destroyed by a wildfire burning in Perth, Australia.

When a brush fire strips a hillside of vegetation, a water repellent layer of soil forms that prevents absorption as rain falls.

When storms bring high rainfall rates, SoCal’s burn scarred hillsides are under threat. Belen De Leon explains why Thursday Jan. 28, 2021.

Wildfires left residents who live near burn areas facing another threat this winter in California. The fires stripped vegetation from hillsides, leaving those ares more susceptible to flooding and debris flows during storms.

Southern California Edison will pay $2.2 billion to settle insurance claims from a deadly, destructive wildfire sparked by its equipment in 2018.

A brush fire was burning near the westbound 10 Freeway, west of Kellogg Drive in the San Dimas area.

Strong potentially damaging winds rare expected throughout many counties overnight, and with those winds come the risk of a major wildfire. Darsha Philips reports for NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on Jan. 18, 2021.

About 5,000 people in both LA and Ventura counties are dealing with outages. These are the power safety shut-offs SoCal Edison says it needs to do to prevent the potential of wildfires. John Cádiz Klemack reports for NBC4 News at 4 p.m. on Jan. 18, 2021.

A brush fire burning near Mountain Center has burned 715 acres and was 30% contained on Sunday.

Warm temperatures with highs in the 80s. Shanna Mendiola has the forecast for Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021.

An evacuation order has been issued due to a brush fire that erupted Friday morning in the unincorporated Mountain Center area east of Hemet.

A wind-driven brush fire broke out early Friday morning in the Inland Empire and triggered evacuations in the San Jacinto Mountains. At least 250 acres have burned so far and there’s no containment.

A red flag warning is just hours away. Video broadcast Thursday Jan. 14, 2021 on the NBC4 News at 11 a.m.

Wildfire smoke accounted for up to half of all health-damaging small particle air pollution in the western U.S. in recent years as warming temperatures fueled more destructive blazes, according to a study released Monday. Even as pollution emissions declined from other sources including vehicle exhaust and power plants, the amount from fires increased sharply, said researchers at Stanford University...

Wildfire smoke accounted for up to half of all health-damaging small particle air pollution in the western U.S. in recent years as warming temperatures fueled more destructive blazes, according to a study released Monday.