CNN tracked the fires — now contained — in maps and charts. ... largest of the fires so far this year ... months are typically the most significant for wildfire damage in California statewide.

A massive California wildfire has prompted evacuation orders and a highway closure. The Madre Fire ignited Wednesday ...

The Madre fire burning in San Luis Obispo County has grown to become the largest wildfire California has seen this year. It ...

California firefighters made progress in containing a wildfire that exploded over the holiday weekend to become the state’s ...

L.A.’s ‘off the charts’ dryness keeps risk of new fires ... but it’s shaping up to be a short reprieve for fire-scarred Southern California. ... The early part of the 1962-63 water year ...

The nearby chart from the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment shows precipitation in the state going back 130 or so years. There are wet and dry spells.

I think the answer is both. There have been massive fires in that part of the country for millennia—that hasn’t changed. But there’s no denying that the fires we’re experiencing now are off the charts ...

A series of life-threatening fires are destroying homes as they race across Los Angeles County and surrounding areas. CNN is tracking the fires in maps and charts.

CNN tracked the fires — now contained — in maps and charts. ... largest of the fires so far this year ... months are typically the most significant for wildfire damage in California statewide.

A series of life-threatening fires are destroying homes as they race across Los Angeles County and surrounding areas. CNN is tracking the fires in maps and charts.