The Garnet Fire burned nearly 13,000 acres Sunday, the largest area the blaze has consumed in a day since it was sparked by lightning Aug. 24. Poor air quality was reported in Yosemite and Mammoth ...

The Garnet Fire sparked from a lightning strike on Aug. 24 burned through parts of the Sierra National Forest in eastern Fresno County. It raged through an area from the Kings River at the southern ...

Firefighters in Central California have been working to protect a grove of giant sequoia trees from a massive wildfire.

The Garnet Fire burns in the Sierra National Forest southeast of Shaver Lake along McKinley Grove Road, which had threatened the McKinley Grove of giant Sequoias, seen Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025. ERIC ...

Multiple wildfires ignited Tuesday morning in eastern Sacramento County, likely sparked by lightning, according to authorities. The largest, known as the Brown Fire, was reported around 7:30 a.m. near ...

A wave of lightning-sparked wildfires burned across the Sierra Nevada foothills of Central California on Wednesday, torching dry hillsides and threatening historic Gold Rush-era towns as fire crews ...

Thunderstorms rolled through parts of the Bay Area and California's Central Valley early Tuesday morning, leading to thousands of lightning strikes and sparking several fires.

As dozens of wildfires burn across California after a remarkable outbreak of dry lightning, a new study warns that a warming planet could bring more lightning-sparked wildfires to the West in the ...

The Garnet Fire made a significant run on Sunday and into Monday, burning through an additional 12,000 acres up a large drainage full of dead and downed trees in the Sierra Nevada foothills near ...