California wildfires

California's marijuana farms have taken a hit from the flames as fires continue to spread throughout Northern California.

The fires have raged through parts of northern California, killing at least 17 people.

We can minimize the damage through science, says one expert.

As the California wildfires elude containment, evacuations are increasing and scorched homes and land remain.

Massive wildfires in Northern California have forced evacuations in Napa and Sonoma counties.

This summer is the third-worst wildfire season in the past decade.

Firefighters said they were battling an "aggressive" blaze.

The 2,000 residents of the town of Mariposa, in the Sierra Nevada mountains southwest of Yosemite, were ordered to leave as the Detwiler fire approached.

Wildfire is 68 percent contained with 7,000 still away from home.

Soberanes Fire has already burned through 38,000 acres of land in and around the Los Padres National Forest.

Continuing threat forces authorities to close state park, recreation areas as firefighters seek containment.

Almost 5,000 firefighters are in action battling the Erskine fire, which is 10 percent contained.

Erskine fire has killed at least two people and forced thousands to evacuate.

High temperatures and dry weather is causing a series of blazes in western and southwestern states.

Researchers used laser-imaging technology mounted to a plane to map the tree health of California's forests and found things may soon get a lot worse.

The fire is now ranked as the most destructive among scores of blazes that have ravaged the drought-stricken Western United States this summer.

Four firefighters injured; thousands have had to evacuate their homes.

A rapidly spreading wildfire roared for a third day in the Sierras, threatening mountain communities near Sacramento.