California has known for years that people with disabilities need help in wildfires and other emergencies. Why were so many unprepared for the recent L.A. fires?

It’s free for residents ... of her local fire brigade, which had noted that her side of the street didn’t have a public hydrant. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s plan to open ...

The final evacuation orders for residents in the Palisades Fire area were lifted Monday after firefighters increased containment of the deadly fire on the Los Angeles County coast. In an update ...

With the Palisades fire nearly contained, the final evacuation orders stemming from the deadly blaze were lifted on Monday, Jan. 27, allowing residents to return to their properties. The orders ...

Cal Fire said the fire poses a potential threat to life and/or property. Evacuation orders remain active. On Sunday afternoon, all evacuation warnings were lifted. A mandatory evacuation order ...

“So far it’s come in a pretty slow fashion,” Mark Loeffelbein, the incident meteorologist with the National Weather Service, said in a Cal Fire video update. Evacuation orders for the ...

Containment is part of a larger plan for managing a wildfire. It is normally expressed as a percentage and it refers to how much of the fire perimeter has been surrounded/enclosed by a control ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — The San Diego County Sheriff’s Office on Sunday announced changes to the evacuation orders and warnings in place for the Border 2 Fire in the Otay Mountain area ...

CHULA VISTA, Calif (KGTV) — Adjustments have been made to evacuation orders and warnings set in place by the San Diego Sheriff's Office due to improved Border 2 ...

Now, county officials are calling for an independent investigation into the delay of the evacuation alert — which comes on the heels of other issues with the emergency alert system, including ...

The 3D map below shows the area where the Border 2 Fire has burned, responding aircraft, evacuation orders and warnings, and other resources. Map not displaying correctly? Click here. Temporary ...