Firefighters in the Inland Empire quickly gained the upper hand on two wildfires that broke out Thursday afternoon, one of which, at least briefly, posed a threat to nearby structures, officials said.

Gibbel Fire initially started 4:40 p.m. Jan. 23 in Riverside County. It has burned 15 acres after being active for 15 hours. As of Friday morning, the fire crew managed to contain 90% of this wildfire ...

The Gibbel fire was first reported at around 4:40 p.m. on Thursday at the 28000 Block of Silver Dew Drive in the City of Hemet and has since grown to 20 acres. Multiple air and ground resources ...

Initial location: State Street and Gibbel Road, Hemet, Riverside County, Calif. Gibbel Fire initially started today at 4:40 p.m. in Riverside County. At this time, details about the containment of the ...

HIGH HUMIDITY: This humidity isn’t extremely high like the kind seen in Florida, but rather enough moisture in the air to help weaken fires. For higher humidity, the temperature and dew point ...

While investigators work to find out what caused multiple wildfires in the Los Angeles area, some conspiracies about the fires' origins have spread on social media platforms. Posts about baseless ...

These fuels, in combination with the weather, would determine what kind of fire this one was going to be: a creeping, ground-level smolder doomed to smother in the heavy dew of a cool and windless ...