The Latest Breaking News on Wildfires

Canyon fire in Ventura county, north of Los Angeles, is 25% contained but still growing, officials say

Satellite images revealed the scope of destruction in the south of France where an area larger than the country's capital Paris has been turned into ashes by a massive wildfire.

French authorities said Friday that they were counting on better weather conditions to help put out the country's biggest wildfire in at least half a century after firefighters finally managed to bring it under control.

The largest wildfire France has seen in nearly 80 years – ripping through forests, villages and vineyards in the southern Aude department – has been contained, but officials warn it will keep burning for days. Among the hardest-hit areas is the Corbières wine region, where flames destroyed vineyards already weakened…