All news on the topic: California Wildfires

Leonardo DiCaprio, who has won three Golden Globe Awards, said the wildfires are devastating Los Angeles, where a “particularly dangerous situation" red flag warning was in place.

Leonardo DiCaprio was spotted arriving in Mexico alongside Vittoria Ceretti after escaping the raging Los Angeles wildfires in his private jet.

Much of the heart of Hollywood is blanketed in thick smoke. You can barely see the tops of the towering palm trees that line streets here.

Fire Assistant Chief Josh Bischof, 46, Fire Captain Tim Rodriguez, 44, and contract pilot Tony Sousa, 55, all tragically died after the California wildfire crash on Sunday afternoon

Tourists are flocking to the Death Valley national park in California as a sizzling heatwave grips the state to experience what could be record-breaking temperatures in the hottest place on Earth

Wildfires have broken out in Riverside county, south-east of Los Angeles with hundreds of firefighters sent to tackle the blazes as evacuation orders were put in place for residents

Over the past six weeks, massive wildfires have spread across Canada, burning more than 3.3 million hectares of land - an area 12 times the 10-year average for this time of year

US maps show smoke from wildfires in Canada is now on course to hit Florida and the Carolinas, potentially causing hazy skies - while air quality alerts have also been issued in parts of northeastern US

People in California and other disaster-affected states in the US are finding it harder to get home insurance. Climate change is making natural disasters more frequent and driving up the cost of insurance