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Californians can learn to survive wildfire in a warming world. KQED’s reporting includes vital resources, such as live maps on where fires are burning, current air quality and current PG&E power outages – as well as guides on what to pack for evacuation and how to protect your home. Our in-depth coverage examines fire from all angles, highlights solutions, and clearly explains the connection between a warming climate and severe fire.

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Wildfire Season Just Got Worse. Here's How to Prepare Your Home

Jul 11

Map: See Where Wildfires Are Burning in California

Jun 17

Map: Your Current Air Quality Report for the Bay Area

Sep 19, 2023

Wildfire NewsWildfire News

California on Fire Watch This Weekend With Dry Lightning Over Sierra Nevada

Jul 12

Newsom Warns Californians to Prepare for Busy Fire Season and Heat Waves

Jul 10

California Heat Turned Brush Into Prime Fuel for Fires. Forests Will Be Next

Jul 10

Firefighters Make Progress Against Oroville Thompson Fire, but Heat and Fire Risks Grow

Jul 5

Despite Searing Heat and Wildfires, Fireworks Light Up the Skies as Americans Celebrate Fourth of July

Jul 4

Newsom Declares Emergency as Northern California Fire Forces Oroville Evacuations

Jul 3

Wind-Driven Toll Fire Forces Evacuation Orders in Napa County Amid Heat Wave

Jul 2

FBI Raids Home of Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao, a State Budget Deal, and Wildfire Season

Jun 28

Dry Lightning Sparks Concern as Bay Area Braces for Potential Grass Fires

Jun 25

Point Fire in Sonoma County Destroyed 3 Homes, Damaged 2 Others

Jun 21

Older and OverlookedOlder and Overlooked

When Wildfire Breaks Out During a Pandemic, Who’s Responsible for Elderly Evacuees?

Oct 30, 2020

See How Wildfires Endanger Older Californians — and it’s Getting Worse

Aug 13, 2020

Older and Overlooked: What One Fire Tells Us About the Vulnerability of Senior Care Homes

Aug 10, 2020

Living With WildfireLiving With Wildfire

One Potential Solution to Deadly Fires in the Wilderness: Don't Build There

Jun 12, 2019

'Increasingly Unavailable and Unaffordable': Home Insurance Threatened Amid Wildfire Crisis

Jun 11, 2019

Who’s Checking Your Neighborhood for Flammable Brush? Maybe No One

Jun 10, 2019

We Can Make California Wildfires Less Horrific. Will We?

Jun 3, 2019

In the Age of Fast-Moving Fires, What's the Best Way to Get People Out?

Jun 3, 2019

Town Unites Against Federal Mismanagement to Save Forest

Jun 3, 2019

This California Neighborhood Was Built to Survive a Wildfire. And It Worked

Jun 3, 2019

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