More than 5,000 structures are threatened and three have been destroyed, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department.

A California wildfire forced the evacuation of hundreds of homes as it raged largely unchecked through densely forested mountains north of Los Angeles that last burned some 50 to 100 years ago, fire officials said on Thursday.

A California wildfire forced the evacuation of hundreds of homes as it raged largely unchecked through densely forested mountains north of Los Angeles that last burned some 50 to 100 years ago, fire officials said on Thursday.

A Southern California wildfire that engulfed more than 10,000 acres in less than a day was slowed on Thursday by light rains, but is still raging and will remain a formidable threat for several days, firefighters said.

A forest fire near Red Lake Ont., had grown on Tuesday to cover 750 hectares and was burning just two kilometres from the community. However, as of Thursday morning, the fire has been reduced to cover about 550 hectares and the burn toward the community had s…

Meanwhile, the East Coast is expecting more rain Thursday.

Residents of Red Lake, Ont., are being urged to leave due to the Red Lake 49 forest fire. Though it has grown less than 100 hectares since Tuesday evening, the fire is now burning just two kilometres outside the town due to a change in wind patterns.

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Tuesday picked Senator Kamala Harris as his choice for vice president, making her the first Black woman on a major-party U.S. presidential ticket and giving him a partner well prepared to go on the attack against…

Australian shares fell on Wednesday on worries that a worsening coronavirus outbreak in the country's second-most populous state would further slam economic activity, while gold stocks slumped after bullion prices plunged overnight.

Twitter Inc has approached TikTok's Chinese owner ByteDance to express interest in acquiring the U.S. operations of the video-sharing app, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters, as experts raised doubts over Twitter's ability to put together financ…

An officer was fired after an investigation found he "mishandled" photographs used to extort University of Utah student Lauren McCluskey.

South Africa's Sasol Ltd said on Thursday that the remaining unit to come online at its Lake Charles Chemicals Project (LCCP) in Louisiana is likely to reach meaningful output levels by October, a month delayed from its prior guidance.

A dead body was discovered on Monday in a building that was burnt in May during protests in Minneapolis over the death of George Floyd, police said in a statement.

The man is believed to have deliberately driven his bus into a lake following the demolition of his public housing block.

RT @CorkCityFire: Crews from Anglesea Street are currently dealing with a well developed apartment fire in Classes Lake, Ballincollig. One…

RT @ChristIsComing5: Hell and the lake of fire is eternal suffering! Matthew 5:29 Mark 9:45 Luke 16:23 Revelation 20:14 https://t.co/mkoMY…

RT @ChristIsComing5: Hell and the lake of fire is eternal suffering! Matthew 5:29 Mark 9:45 Luke 16:23 Revelation 20:14 https://t.co/mkoMY…

RT @ChristIsComing5: Hell and the lake of fire is eternal suffering! Matthew 5:29 Mark 9:45 Luke 16:23 Revelation 20:14 https://t.co/mkoMY…

RT @CorkCityFire: Crews from Anglesea Street are currently dealing with a well developed apartment fire in Classes Lake, Ballincollig. One…

You know that the distance never made a difference to me. I swam a lake of fire, I’d have walked across the floor of any sea. So I thought you were like an angel to me.

#CorkTraffic Emergency services are currently dealing with a house fire in the Classis Lake area of Ovens/Ballincollig. Take care as smoke may impede visibility as a result in the area.

Crews from Anglesea Street are currently dealing with a well developed apartment fire in Classes Lake, Ballincollig. One occupant is now in the care of the @AmbulanceNAS and being treated for smoke inhalation. https://t.co/NzfrNkKj1o

A fire destroys the historic Grand Lake Lodge in Grand Lake, Colorado. https://t.co/Um5bg3QGAk

RT @ChristIsComing5: Hell and the lake of fire is eternal suffering! Matthew 5:29 Mark 9:45 Luke 16:23 Revelation 20:14 https://t.co/mkoMY…

RT @MikeKATU: FIRE… a large 3-alarm fire happening now near NE 120th & Sandy sending up huge smoke plume. Appears to be abandoned shopping…

RT @WesleighOgle: Firefighters are worried about embers falling onto vegetation and apartments nearby. Look how close these apartments are…

RT @_composttherich: I still can’t believe people want to pay like $4000 for a 1br apt in the triangle where Lake and Excelsior split, surr…

RT @PDXFire: Portland Fire responding to residential fire with reports of an explosion and ensuing structure fire

RT @WeatherJefe: Folks, we have more smoke coming to the I-5 corridor / Portland metro. The surface level smoke that will impact area quali…

RT @ChristIsComing5: Hell and the lake of fire is eternal suffering! Matthew 5:29 Mark 9:45 Luke 16:23 Revelation 20:14 https://t.co/mkoMY…

RT @45bestwords: Haven't said this in a while but, Thank you Arizona!! We all knew Kari Lake was a flaming dumpster-fire disaster but, OMG…

RT @ABC7: #BREAKING: Crews battling 5-acre brush fire near Castaic Lake https://t.co/c2JlXi2xgQ

RT @ABC7: Flames light up the night sky in Castaic as another brush fire erupts across SoCal. Firefighters making quick work of most of tho…

RT @ScannerSCV: #DryFire Castaic: @Angeles_NF and @LACOFD working a 28 acre brush fire by the old campground at Castaic Lake. Hiking access…

RT @ABC7: Flames light up the night sky in Castaic as another brush fire erupts across SoCal. Firefighters making quick work of most of tho…

RT @ABC7: Flames light up the night sky in Castaic as another brush fire erupts across SoCal. Firefighters making quick work of most of tho…

RT @crockpotveggies: “Fires burning hotter and deeper into the ground” Witnessed these words from @Dave_Eby firsthand at Harrison Lake, th…

RT @KTLA: Crews battled a brush fire that ignited in Castaic on Tuesday night, shutting down roads near the area. https://t.co/ZfJR4ZAbGM

RT @ABC7: Flames light up the night sky in Castaic as another brush fire erupts across SoCal. Firefighters making quick work of most of tho…

!! ROAD CLOSURE !! Brush fire. Lake Hughes Rd closed east of the 5. in #Castaic on Lake Hughes Road NB/SB between Castaic Road and Ridge Rte Rd #LAtraffic https://t.co/e2e6MWkOvI