The expansion brought the zone to 840 square miles. As of Friday morning, the fire had burned 101,933 acres (159 square miles) with 15% containment, said fire managers for the U.S. Forest Service.

A massive Southern California wildfire has now reached "megafire" status after becoming the state's largest inferno of 2025. Fueled by near-triple-digit heat, bone-dry conditions and inaccessible ...

A fast-moving wildfire, named the Pickett Fire, broke out on Pickett Road outside Calistoga, Napa County, on August 21, 2025, ...

The Pickett Fire erupted in Napa Valley on Aug. 21 forcing evacuations for many in the area and threatening people, ...

Rising temperatures on Thursday posed more challenges for firefighters who have made incremental progress against a massive wildfire in central California that injured four people as it became the ...