California was lashed by powerful winds Wednesday that fed a fast-moving wildfire, which destroyed dozens of homes and forced thousands of residents to flee as forecasters warned of the potential

Several people have been injured and multiple homes burned after the Mountain Fire broke out Wednesday morning in Southern California's Ventura County, authorities said. It started at around 8:50 a.m. near the 7900 block of Balcom Canyon Road and Bradley ...

Firefighters responded to the blaze on South Mountain near the 7900 block of Balcom Canyon and Bradley roads, north of the 118 Freeway and southeast of Santa Paula, the Fire Department said, at 9:23 a.m. Early on, 140 firefighters were at the scene along ...