A new wildfire was reported today at 1:49 p.m. in Merced County, California. The wildfire has been burning on private land.

October in California is typically known as a dangerous moment in peak fire season, the month when the state has seen some of ...

October 6, 2025 – Mariposa, CA – CAL FIRE Madera-Mariposa-Merced Unit officials announce debris burning is still suspended.

A majority of people who live in a six-county region surrounding the TCU September Lightning Complex Fire will not have to worry about having their home insurance coverage dropped over the next year.

October 3, 2025 - Nearly half of the world’s worst wildfire disasters have occurred in just the past decade, new research from UC Merced’s Fire Resilience Center shows.

A new study found that climate change has driven a surge of “societally disastrous” wildfires over the last four decades, ...