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Mandatory evacuation orders have been lifted for the Hurst Fire in the San Fernando Valley community of Sylmar as progress is made by firefighters, authorities said Thursday. The rapidly expanding ...

Now, this area is the subject of an investigation as a potential starting point for the Palisades fire, which burned thousands of structures last week. The general area was the site of a small ...

Severe wildfires raged across a huge swath of the Los Angeles area in early January, sparked by high winds and prime fire conditions. The blazes — including the Pacific Palisades, Eaton ...

Along with the Palisades Fire, multiple other wildfires across Southern California have forced 88,000 people to evacuate. Another 85,000 are under evacuation warnings so they are not required to ...

The fire department will soon ask for all of its firefighters, including those off duty, to report to help — something officials said they hadn’t required in recent years. Strong winds will ...

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