Veterans of the U.S. Navy who were exposed to Aqueous Film Forming Foam (AFFF) and diagnosed with kidney cancer, pancreatic ...

In 2025, you may qualify for the AFFF lawsuit if you or a loved one used firefighting foam and was later diagnosed with PFAS-related cancer.

While evacuation orders remained in place for areas around the immediate perimeter of the fire, other nearby neighborhoods were reduced from evacuation orders to warnings, while warnings were ...

The fire was being fanned by strong, dry Santa Ana winds that were racing through the area, pushing a vast pall of smoke and dangerous embers ahead of the flames -- sparking fears that it could ...

The Hughes fire north of Castaic quickly grew to more than 10,000 acres, but no structures were reported damaged. • Southern California expects less than half an inch of rain Saturday through ...

The latest blaze - dubbed the Hughes Fire - started late on Wednesday morning near Lake Castaic, around 40 miles from the Eaton and Palisades wildfires that devastated parts of LA earlier this month.

Red flag warnings have once again been issued across Southern California, with National Weather Service (NWS) meteorologists warning of windy conditions that are ideal for rapid fire spread.

Update: As of late Thursday morning, local authorities had lifted the remaining Ventura County evacuation warnings related to the Hughes Fire. Ventura County authorities downgraded an evacuation ...

Istanbul, Turkey — A fire engulfed a hotel at a ski resort in northwestern Turkey on Tuesday, killing at least 76 people and injuring at least 51 more, the interior minister said. Witnesses said ...

Firefighters continue to make progress in containing the massive Hughes Fire that broke out Wednesday near Castaic Lake, growing to more than 10,000 acres and forcing mass evacuations. Around ...

In San Diego County, the Friars Fire erupted on Tuesday near a shopping mall, prompting immediate evacuation orders as the flames quickly spread. Southern California faces another round of extreme ...

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