Officials cautioned that ash in recent burn zones was a toxic mix of incinerated cars, electronics, batteries, building materials, paints, furniture and other household items.

Two new wildfires broke in San Diego County in Southern California as powerful Santa Ana winds picked up pace on Tuesday. Evacuation orders were issued for the Lilac Fire, which had burned about 50 acres (20 hectares),

Winds have picked up and are expected to continue through Tuesday morning, raising the risk of new wildfires sparking.

Firefighters and water-dropping aircraft responded to the Laguna Fire at about 9 a.m. off Laguna Road in the Oxnard plains ... Get top local stories in San Diego delivered to you every morning.

The Gilman Fire broke out in La Jolla neighborhood today, while a brush fire at the border with Mexico, has engulfed 20 acres. Newsweek's live blog is closed.

Winds have picked up and are expected to continue through Tuesday morning, raising the risk of new wildfires sparking.

LOS ANGELES -- Winds picked up on Tuesday in Southern California and at ... with the weather service in Oxnard. At least two small fires started in San Diego County. Evacuation orders were issued ...

California's deadly wildfires could come to an end in the coming days when a weekend storm douses historically dry terrain, but the storm will come with the potential for a different problem: flash floods.

As of Thursday morning, firefighters had the footprint of the 6,625-acre blaze, dubbed the Border 2 Fire, 100%, according to Cal Fire.

Crews have fully contained a wildfire that burned thousands of acres and forced evacuation orders and warnings north of the U.S.-Mexico border in San Diego County. The blaze, called the Border 2 Fire,

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