A wildfire continues to burn out of control near the town of Bonny Doon located in the Santa Cruz mountains about 70 miles south of San Francisco. The Bonny Doon fire, which started Wednesday evening, has already caused the evacuation of hundreds of homes as firefighters continue to fight the blaze in an effort to extinguish the fire.

Calm winds early Wednesday had reduced the blazes in the San Bernardino area to mere smoke plumes earlier today, but the fires roared back with a vengeance as predicted 50MPH gusts took hold.

In the last decade, Asian farmers have cleared tens of thousands of square miles of forests to accommodate the world's growing demand for palm oil, an increasingly popular food ingredient.

Myrtle Beach fire started yesterday in South Carolina and now forces evacuation. We try in this story to present live witness accounts about what people see and say about Myrtle Beach fire.

Some of these responses, including insect outbreaks, wildfire, and forest dieback, may adversely affect people as well as ecosystems and their plants and animals.

The recent wildfires in Los Angeles, California have burned more than 42,000 acres (17,000 hectares) of land. Nearly 1,000 homes were destroyed, and more than 10,000 residents were evacuated.

Raging wildfires that engulfed Southern California earlier this decade not only destroyed neighborhoods laying in their path, they also caused significant health problems for many who lived outside the fires’ reach.

The wildfires that began their lives as the Triangle Complex fire and the Brea fire have merged in Southern California, and continue to threaten lives and homes.

It had been billed as the inaugural Pasadena Marathon, but the best-laid plans ... the race has been trumped by the massive Southern California fires.

The Tea Fire in Montecito and Santa Barbara which broke out at 6 p.m. last night has been devastating with more than 100 houses destroyed and one person dead. I was utterly shocked to see on the news tonight that the Episcopal Mt. Calvary Benedictine Monastery in Santa Barbara burned down last night although the brothers were able to get out most of the books, some of the art and the computers.

On Sunday, we will see the first Pasadena Marathon, and despite much of the attention in Southern California being focused on the Yorba Linda / Anaheim Hills fire, which originally started in Montecito, the race will go on.

According to reports from San Diego Union Tribune and KNX1070 the wildfire in Yorba Linda has already burned 18 buildings in Orange Conty. Yorba Linda Fire is now becoming the focus of the California wildfires that has caused much damage and resulted in State of Emergency in California.