House fires claim thousands of lives and cause billions in property damage annually, with most people assuming they understand the primary risks in their homes. While kitchen accidents and faulty ...

A clothes dryer should quietly handle laundry duty without drama. Yet inside many homes, a simple dryer vent quietly builds up lint, dust, and debris until it becomes a serious fire hazard. The ...

34% of these fires stem from lint build-up in dryer vents. Here's the thing about lint: it's extremely flammable. Proper clothes dryer maintenance to avoid a fire hazard involves removing the lint ...

Cal Fire added thousands of San Luis Obispo properties to a new map that identified fire-prone areas in California this year — and now those property owners will need to retrofit their homes and yards ...

Do you live in a high fire hazard zone? CalFire has released updated fire hazard maps for Santa Barbara County and the rest of the state, showing land in moderate, high or very high hazard zones.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Wildfire smoke from the Palisades and Eaton fires blankets Los Angeles County. Four wildfires released towering plumes of smoke ...

Cal Fire reclassified 1,200 homes in Nipomo to high or very high fire hazard zones. Dispute arose after a resident said outdated vegetation data contributed to designations. No appeals process exists, ...