The Thomas Fire, along with other blazes that erupted ... soaring into the triple-digits as late as October, drying out vegetation that is now serving as fuel for the fires. Meanwhile, a large ...

2017 featured five of the state’s most destructive fires of all time, including the catastrophic Thomas ... the history of fire? When you have a wildfire going through vegetation there's always ...

a native plant and common fire follower along a trail near the Nordhoff fuel break in the Los Padres National Forest, a large fuel break that the 2017 Thomas fire burned over. (Brian van der Brug ...

Almost three weeks ago, farmer Luca Gasperi woke suddenly from a Sunday afternoon nap, blasted by “a wall of smoke.” After he ...