according to the Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Department. The next morning, on Tuesday, Hemet Fire Department Captain Laura Axcell said one firefighter suffered a minor injury and no structures ...

Firefighters in the Inland Empire quickly gained the upper hand on two wildfires that broke out Thursday afternoon, one of which, at least briefly, posed a threat to nearby structures, officials said.

A brush fire that erupted Thursday in foothills on the east end of Hemet consumed nearly 15 acres before Cal Fire aircraft significantly slowed its advance, preventing it from reaching homes in the ...

More than 50 firefighters from the Hemet Fire Department, Cal Fire and a strike team battled the fire, with 15 fire engines and a water tender and an ambulance poised if needed. Around the same ...

A fire in Aguanga resulted in a fatality, sparking a homicide investigation led by the Riverside Sheriff's Department.

Firefighters made progress on the more than 10,000-acre Hughes Fire Friday, which sent thousands fleeing after sparking near the Los Angeles County community of Castaic a day earlier.

Coverage of the Hughes, Sepulveda and Laguna fires in Southern California during a fourth consecutive day of red flag fire weather warnings.

Firefighters coordinate efforts at a burning property while battling the Fairview fire near Hemet on Sept. 5, 2022. A Cal ...