Bridge Fire initially started 5:42 p.m. July 6 in Humboldt County, California. Since its discovery five days ago, it has burned 403 acres. A fire crew of 300 succeeded in containing 90% of the fire by Friday morning. The blaze's cause remains under investigation.

Emergency crews responded midday Thursday to a fire at the home in Simi Valley, located in Ventura County in the greater Los Angeles area.

First responders from area fire departments declared a mass casualty incident for the protestors who were injured in Ventura County

California’s largest wildfire of the year grew to an estimated 70,801 acres Friday, producing smoke that has affected millions of residents across the southern part of the state. The Madre Fire in

Human remains have been found at the warehouse filled with fireworks that exploded in Northern California this week, officials said.

California has seen a spate of accidental fireworks explosions leading up to the Fourth of July with a Thursday morning detonation killing 1 in a Simi Valley home and a similar incident critically injuring two people in a Bay Area residence.

The Madre fire burning in San Luis Obispo County has grown to become the largest wildfire California has seen this year. It comes after Southern California was ravaged by wildfires in January, which resulted in the widespread destruction of homes and the deaths of at least 29 people.

Seven people were "unaccounted for" in Yolo County's town of Esparto after several explosions at a fireworks warehouse resulted in a fire, officials said.

A volunteer Esparto firefighter is on leave amid reports he worked for the fireworks companies on property owned by a sheriff's deputy.