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World-famous actors, musicians and celebrities were among the tens of thousands of people affected by terrifying wildfires tearing through Los Angeles on Wednesday.

People battling the raging wildfires that broke out in the mountains above the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles on Tuesday are rescuing and releasing horses in hopes they survive as extreme winds rapidly spread the blaze across the region.

We have multiple reports of water hydrants in Southern California running out of water as devastating wildfires rip through the Los Angeles area threatening tens of thousands of homes.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass ran on abortion in her 2022 campaign and was in Ghana on a diplomatic mission when the fires broke out.

Raging wildfires that broke out in various regions of Los Angeles, CA, Tuesday and Wednesday are spreading across the region due to extreme winds, causing historic destruction of homes and displacing thousands of people.

A brushfire erupted in Eaton Canyon near Altadena just north of Pasadena amid the Los Angeles wildfires on Tuesday, which have been exacerbated by the massive windstorm hitting the area.

Fire broke out in West Hollywood, California, on Tuesday just off Los Angeles’s famous Sunset Boulevard amid the ongoing windstorm that exacerbated a wildfire in the Pacific Palisades.

Fireworks that were set off on New Year’s Eve and caused a small fire in calm conditions may have smoldered and caused the wildfire currently burning in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, after being accelerated by high winds.

Two brush fires broke out in Los Angeles on Tuesday as Southern California faces “life-threatening” wind conditions that are fanning the flames, according to city officials.

A massive multi-hundred-acre fire has engulfed the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles, forcing evacuations of the area.

The fast-burning wildfire that broke out in the mountains above Pacific Palisades amid extreme high winds on Tuesday morning threatened homes and the local public school, which was evacuated.

The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) has granted only 5% of the requested water allocations to agencies throughout the state, amid concerns about a hot summer and a possible return of drought in a dry winter.

Smoke from thousands of out-of-control fires in the Amazon Rainforest in Brazil is covering as much as 80 percent of the country, several outlets reported over the weekend.

The federal government has run out of firefighting leadership teams to deploy as wildfires rage across the western United States.

A “smoke screen” caused by the out-of-control fires in the Amazon rainforest in Brazil hit southern neighbors Argentina and Uruguay this week, local Argentine and Uruguayan media reported.

A study published this week found that Canada’s devastating 2023 wildfire season – which covered some of America’s largest cities with toxic plumes and affected 100 million Americans – resulted in Canada being responsible for more greenhouse gas emissions than any country on earth except China, India, and the United States.

Sao Paulo, the largest city in Brazil, awoke shrouded in wildfire smoke on Monday as a record number of fires blazed in the greater Sao Paulo state and the greater Amazon, killing at least three and threatening to engulf one of the world’s largest ecosystems.

Wildfire raged across the northern suburbs of Athens on Monday, leaving at least one person dead and triggering multiple evacuations.

If and when he retakes the Oval Office, President Donald Trump must tackle the root cause of this self-imposed arson.

Hawaii Governor Josh Green (D) said Wednesday that parties involved in lawsuits regarding the 2023 Lahaina wildfires are nearing a settlement.

A search and rescue team member is being praised for saving a Rottweiler and her litter of puppies from the Park Fire in Northern California.

The wildfire threatening Canada’s historic town of Jasper has quadrupled in size to more than 36,000 hectares and damaged up to half of the structures in town as of Friday.

The Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E) cut power to nearly 2,000 households in northern California on Tuesday due to high winds that raise the risk of downed power lines, which in turn lead to sparks that can ignite wildfires.

Portions of Maricopa County, Arizona, have been advised to evacuate as a raging wildfire burns through more than 3,000 acres of land. 

The FBI is offering a monetary reward for information leading to those responsible for the pair of New Mexico wildfires that killed two people in the past week.

The Village of Ruidoso in New Mexico announced that residents were being ordered to immediately evacuate from the village due to the ongoing spread of the South Fork Fire.

Major wildfires broke out in California this weekend up and down the state, forcing the closure of the southbound side of Interstate 5, just north of Los Angeles, on Sunday.

Chilean authorities arrested 22-year-old volunteer firefighter Francisco Mondaca and former forestry official Franco Pinto over the weekend after prosecutors charged the men with causing massive fires in February that left 137 dead and over 16,000 homeless in central Chile.

Evacuation orders have been issued for the Fort McMurray oil hub in Alberta, Canada, as winds shifted, and a massive wildfire approaches.

Residents of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, have been ordered to be ready for evacuation at a moment’s notice as wildfires draw near.

Canada’s 2024 wildfire season has kicked into high gear with over 120 wildfires in the drought-stricken British Columbia and Alberta regions.

Eight months after those terrible Maui wildfires claimed more than 100 lives, some survivors are still living in tents.

The mismanaged state of California was forced to create “last-resort” insurance coverage and now that plan is on the brink of disaster.

The Smokehouse Creek Wildfire in the Texas Panhandle claimed the life of a second victim on Thursday. What is now the second-largest fire in U.S. history has consumed approximately 1.1 million acres — an area larger than the state of Rhode Island — and is less than five percent contained at last report.

Firefighters in the Texas Panhandle recovered the remains of 83-year-old Joyce Blankenship in her home which burned in the largest wildfire in Texas history. Officials report the fire consumed more than one million acres and is only three percent contained.

The Smokehouse Creek Wildfire in the Texas Panhandle spread to cover more than 500,000 acres on Wednesday, according to the Texas A&M Forest Service. Officials report the fire is zero percent contained at this point.