The home ignites, becoming the fire’s fuel. Soon, it puts off radiant heat that can ignite the exterior of the home next door, which then allows fire to penetrate to the neighbor’s carpets, furniture and appliances. In dense neighborhoods, the events play out like a contagion.

The Tubbs fire in 2017 wiped out more than 5,000 structures in a Northern California county. Homeowners faced challenges, but hundreds were able to rebuild within two years.

Migrants trying to avoid arrest set fire to blankets and mattresses at a camp in the northern Mexican city of Chihuahua during a raid by government forces to clear the site in the early hours of Saturday.

Residents in the wildfire-ravaged communities of Altadena and Pasadena witnessed flames near the base of a transmission line owned by Southern California Edison.

A massive fire broke out near the Old GT Road crossing on the border of Sector 19 and Sector 5 in Maha Kumbh, starting in the Vivekananda camp. The blaze quickly spread, engulfing many other nearby camps,

A fire has torn through at least 18 temporary tents at a massive Hindu festival thronged by millions of people in India. No-one is believed to have been injured in the blaze in the northern city of Prayagraj. Police said it was caused by the explosion of a gas cylinder but the flames were contained by firefighters.

The L.A.-area fires may pose the first big test of California’s wildfire fund, which was set up in 2019 to protect utilities from bankruptcy.

As containment grows on the Los Angeles-area fires, the state's disaster response is not done even when the flames are out.

Sal Almanza has worked 24-hour shifts in grueling terrain, cutting fire lines and hauling away brush trying to keep ahead of fires that have devastated several Los Angeles neighborhoods. Over 1,100 California inmates have been working around the clock in challenging conditions — including howling winds and toxic smoke — to help Cal Fire battle the Eaton and Palisades fires,

As fires continue to burn in Los Angeles County, the devastation is a painful reminder for survivors of the Camp Fire.

Cal Fire said crews will continue reinforcing and maintaining the wildfire's containment lines as critical fire weather is here.