Woolsey Fire

California wildfires: Search underway for over 100 missing people; Governor says state 'in midst of a catastrophe'

Firefighters backed by air tankers and helicopters battled California's raging wildfires for a seventh day on Wednesday as the authorities in the worst-hit county released a list of over 100 missing people.

Toll in California wildfires rises to 29, making it deadliest in state's history; 250,000 people forced to flee homes

The "Camp Fire" — in the northern foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains — is the largest and most destructive of several infernos that have sent 250,000 people fleeing their homes across the tinder-dry state, razing 6,400 homes in the town of Paradise and effectively wiping it off the map. "

California wildfires: Two fast-moving blazes claim nine lives, force thousands to flee their homes

Fanned by ferocious Santa Ana winds and fueled by dry tinder, the fires immolated a mountain town and jangled the nerves of many tens of thousands of residents forced to evacuate their homes.