A brief bout of rain Monday couldn't stop the fires, which have taken advantage of strong winds, low humidity and moderate to long-term drought conditions.

In 2020, the Bear Fire, part of the North Complex Fire, which burned the town of Berry Creek, came close, he said. The Santa Ana wind-fueled Cedar Fire in 2003 torched 280,000 acres around the San ...

Follow wildfire updates in North and South Carolina, where blazes erupted over the weekend. The largest stemmed from a forest fire near Myrtle Beach.