BIG SUR — Firefighters in Big Sur temporarily disengaged and retreated to safe locations Wednesday afternoon as a thunderstorm produced cloud-to-ground lightning strikes over the Timber Fire area, ...

The fire was moving through grass at a moderate rate of spread with the potential to burn around 5,000 acres.

Nearly 1,000 fire personnel have been assigned to the Timber Fire, which has burned over 3,700 acres in Big Sur.

Cal Fire says the Talbot fire is now about 200 acres and evacuation warnings are in effect.

The Timber Fire has grown to 3,150 acres in Monterey County and remains 5% contained Wednesday morning after flames remained active overnight at higher elevations above the fog line.

Evacuation orders and warnings have been lifted for a wildfire burning in Nevada County on Wednesday. Cal Fire said crews responded to the Yuba Fire off Yuba Ridge Drive in Penn Valley, which is west ...

A fire in the area of Yuba Ridge Drive near Nevada City has forced an evacuation order and warnings.

The fire has forced a closure of Highway 1 along California's scenic coastline.

Fire crews are battling a grass fire that broke out Wednesday in the Carrizo Plains. The rate of spread was described as moderate.

Firefighters battling a wildfire that’s threatening a popular California camping destination had to temporarily fall back on Wednesday due to active “cloud-to-ground” lightning ...

Weather conditions are hampering the work of firefighters attacking the Timber Fire burning in the Big Sur area of Monterey County on Wednesday, as lightning strikes plague the area, endangering ...

Mandatory evacuations were ordered Tuesday afternoon for the Yuba fire burning east of Bridgeport near South Yuba River State Park and the Highway 49 corridor in Nevada ...