All news on the topic: California Wildfires

A perfect storm of overgrown vegetation, dry conditions and uncharacteristic winds are responsible for whipping up the most devastating wildfire Los Angeles has ever seen with more than 20 square miles razed to the ground in less than 48 hours.

Hollywood Boulevard has been evacuated as the "apocalyptic" wildfires ravaging LA continue to spread.

Fire Assistant Chief Josh Bischof, 46, Fire Captain Tim Rodriguez, 44, and contract pilot Tony Sousa, 55, all tragically died after the California wildfire crash on Sunday afternoon

Tourists are flocking to the Death Valley national park in California as a sizzling heatwave grips the state to experience what could be record-breaking temperatures in the hottest place on Earth

Wildfires have broken out in Riverside county, south-east of Los Angeles with hundreds of firefighters sent to tackle the blazes as evacuation orders were put in place for residents

Over the past six weeks, massive wildfires have spread across Canada, burning more than 3.3 million hectares of land - an area 12 times the 10-year average for this time of year