We explain what’s known about how the catastrophic L.A. wildfires started and the factors that scientists do -- and don’t -- think contributed.

Many Californians thought wildfires couldn’t reach deep into their cities. But the Los Angeles fires showed how older homes ...

I have friends who lost houses. I have family who were burned out of their home. Los Angeles has lost churches, synagogues, ...

Two wildfires still burning in Los Angeles have torched more urban area than any other fire in the state since at least the ...

Many factors, such as strong Santa Ana winds and urban planning decisions, played into the recent destructive wildfires in ...

But while the January fires rank as the most destructive in Los Angeles history, they have not been as damaging as others in ...

The Los Angeles-area blazes, which authorities say have killed at least 16 people, have leveled homes, businesses and schools ...

Two decades ago, fire ripped through Canberra, destroying 480 homes. An Australian fire chief reflects on possible lessons ...

Billion-dollar losses, buyers scrambling to find homes and the question of how and when to rebuild. A look at where things ...

Wildfires in Los Angeles are being driven by climate change, not political mismanagement, and California’s leaders have taken ...

Even as four wildfires continued to burn in Los Angeles County Wednesday, the blazes were already rewriting the record books.

The Palisades and Eaton fires are now among the most destructive in California’s history in terms of the number of structures ...