J.C. Chancellor was traveling south on the 5 Freeway Wednesday in northern Los Angeles County Wednesday morning when she ...

The fire spread as officials warned the worst wind ... into a conflagration that eats up thousands of acres with alarming speed — a dynamic that is only intensifying with the warmer temperatures ...

Flying embers also speed a brush fire's spread. Powerful gusts can cast hot embers for miles, starting spot fires ahead of the main fire line in a nightmare scenario for firefighters. "There's a ...