A new wildfire was reported 10:34 p.m. July 10 at in Shasta County, California. Lava Fire has been burning on federal land managed by the United States Forest Service. At this time, the containment ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An aerial tanker drops retardant in an effort to stop the advancing Lava fire northeast of Weed. (Scott Stoddard / Associated ...

It's now the biggest and fiercest wildfire to scorch California yet this season, but for a brief moment last week, fire crews thought they had the Lava fire beat. They couldn't have been more wrong.

Deputies with the Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office shot and killed a man they said opened fire on them in an evacuation zone of the Lava fire, authorities said. Siskiyou County Sheriff Jeremiah LaRue ...

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As historic heat roasts the Pacific Northwest, a large fire has erupted in Northern California and continues to grow. The lightning-caused Lava Fire, burning west of Mount Shasta in interior Northern ...

In what is perhaps an ominous harbinger of the coming fire season, crews are battling multiple wildfires across California while much of the region remains mired in treacherous heat and bone-dry ...

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WEED, Siskiyou County (CBS / AP) — Fire crews were battling the Lava Fire burning in Siskiyou County from the ground and in the air. By Tuesday, the fire had exploded to more than 13,000 acres near ...