Tornado Fire initially started 11:50 a.m. Sep. 10 in Riverside County, California. After being active for 19 hours, it has burned 12 acres. As of Thursday morning, the blaze has been fully contained by a fire crew of 272. The cause of it is still under ...

A small wildfire broke out Wednesday, Sept. 10, in Temecula, prompting an evacuation warning for some nearby residents. Crews responded to the Tornado Fire around 11:50 a.m. at Via Tornado and Via Santa Rosa, according to Cal Fire Riverside County.

A brush fire that broke out in the hills above Temecula briefly led to evacuation warnings for some residents on Wednesday before the flames were contained. The blaze, which firefighters dubbed the Tornado Fire, was first reported at around 11:50 a.m. near ...

Death came in an instant. And as never seen before in California history. The Redding firefighter who died on July 26 as the fast-growing Carr Fire hit its apex was in fact killed by a fire tornado, the most intense tornado ever in the state, according to ...

At the start of 2025, California was struck by devastating wildfires that burned over 50,000 acres and killed at least 30 people.