Cory Iverson, a firefighter from San Diego County, died battling the Thomas fire. Barba’s close friend and fellow firefighter Brent Witham died Aug. 2 battling the Lolo Peak wildfire in Montana.

Take California's Thomas Fire, ... Those lines can be trenches, natural barriers like rivers, or even already-burned patches of land. Most often, the containment line is a shallow, ...

The Thomas fire, the largest wildfire on record in California and the trigger point for this week’s deadly mudslides in Montecito, was declared 100% contained Friday.

Ventura County supervisors were asked to change rules that left some Thomas Fire victims little time to rebuild. News Sports Opinion Entertainment Education Advertise Obituaries eNewspaper Legals.

The Thomas Fire is now the third largest California wildfire since records began in 1932. It has grown to 420 square miles and destroyed more than 1,000 structures since it began on Dec. 4.

The deadly Thomas Fire in Southern California is now the second largest blaze in state history, officials said Tuesday. The 272,000-acre blaze is 55% contained, said Bill Murphy, a spokesman for ...

The Thomas fire started in Santa Paula, which is about 17 miles from my house. There's fire danger here all the time — we're surrounded by National Forest — but those fires are almost always ...

The Woolsey Fire swept through LA and Ventura County three years ago, and no two streets are the same when you weave through neighborhoods in the burn scar. Some homes are untouched, some are ...

State fire officials say the fire burning in Santa Barbara and Ventura counties is bigger than the previous record holder — the 2003 Cedar fire in San Diego County that killed 15 people.