The KCRA 3 weather team updates this index every day to help you track the changing risk of wildfires for four different regions.

The long-range weather forecast indicates a decent chance of higher-than-normal temperatures in early part of the summer. A ...

Wildfires are expected to burn even more land across the country this year, according to a new prediction by AccuWeather.

For Cal Fire, boots hit the ground earlier than usual to get a head start on prepping for this year's fire season.

The annual range of deaths was 130 to 5,100, the study showed, with the highest in states such as Oregon and California.

California could see up to 1.5 million acres burned this year, AccuWeather said. That'd be an increase from 2024 and the ...

Fire season in California is now year-round ... CAL FIRE officials stress that despite current weather conditions, the lack of measurable precipitation is a concern. "We don't think about it ...

Dry and windy conditions have already fueled two vegetation fires in the Sacramento region as Wildfire Preparedness Week begins in California.

Over the past forty years, simultaneous fire-weather days in the two regions have increased by roughly one per year. The ...

Two federal judges who lost their Pacific Palisades homes in the January firestorm have joined neighbors suing the Los ...

Sikorsky and firefighting technology startup Rain have demonstrated autonomous wildfire suppression using a UH-60 Black Hawk ...