All red flag warnings for critical fire danger expired by Thursday evening, bringing relief for firefighting work on two deadly blazes in Los Angeles County.

Fire weather” is a term increasingly used to describe the atmospheric conditions that have rendered California’s recent wildfires uncontrollable. This emerging pattern combines hot, dry air that draws moisture from the soil and vegetation,

Two wildfires still burning in Los Angeles have torched more urban area than any other fire in California since at least the mid-1980s, an Associated Press analysis shows.