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The Thomas fire, which continues to ravage Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties, is now officially the second-worst in the history of California — and is rapidly closing in on the top spot.

Firefighters appear to have succeeded in their epic battle to prevent the Thomas fire from sweeping into coastal towns in Santa Barbara County, including the city of Santa Barbara itself.

Downtown Santa Barbara, normally a vibrant holiday destination, is virtually empty as residents have evacuated the area ahead of the advancing Thomas fire, which continues to spread west, though firefighters are making progress.

Firefighter Cory Iverson, 32 died Thursday while fighting the deadly Thomas fire, which is raging across Santa Barbara and Ventura counties in Southern California.

The Thomas fire in Ventura County and Santa Barbara County was still blazing strong as of Tuesday morning, while Southern California’s other wildfires were largely contained.

The California fire known as the Thomas fire, which has scorched Ventura County and now Santa Barbara County, is now the fifth-largest in the history of the state, reaching an extent of 230,000 acres on Sunday with only 10% containment.

New fires continued to spread throughout Southern California from Thursday into Friday as firefighters battled to contain those fires that have already been burning throughout the week, and dangerous weather persisted.

A group of black firefighters from Detroit are backing their white colleague after he was fired on his first day for bringing a “racially insensitive” watermelon to work.

California’s massive statewide firestorm grew even bigger Monday morning when the wildfire around Anaheim Hills threatened to engulf exclusive Orange County.

A Detroit firefighter was fired before he officially began his first day on the job for bringing a watermelon to work.

Firefighters in the southern Swedish city of Malmö were forced to let a building burn to the ground after they were violently attacked by locals who threw glass bottles at them.

A group of firefighters in England who rescued a litter of piglets a few months ago ate sausages made out of the animals they saved.

LONDON (AP) — With smoke still swirling around the charred remains of Grenfell Tower in west London, residents and community leaders demanded to know Wednesday how a ferocious fire could have swept through the high-rise apartment block with such speed

Police have arrested two Maryland firefighters on charges of assaulting a female firefighter from another station after they got into a fight over who would go inside a burning building first.

TEL AVIV – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanked Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday evening for Palestinian assistance in battling wildfires that have raged throughout the country since Tuesday, forcing tens of thousands to evacuate their homes.  The Palestinian Authority

The FDNY is banning pictures and merchandise related to President-elect Donald Trump from firehouses and firetrucks, according to a source inside the department.

AUSTIN, Texas — Local firefighters are pushing back against a lawsuit alleging they are spending a significant amount of time engaging in union activities when they should be answering calls.

LAPLACE, Louisiana – A bus driven by an illegal immigrant full of foreign workers headed to aid the Baton Rouge, Louisiana flood victims crashed in a horrific accident that killed at least two people and left 41 injured.

American flags will be reinstalled on fire trucks in an Upstate New York community after a decision to remove them sparked controversy earlier this month.

An upstate New York fire department is in talks of making a compromise after a motion to remove the American flags from fire trucks sparked controversy.

Vice President Joe Biden tells a group of firefighters visiting the White House that the dramatic increase of forest fires in the United States was likely a result of climate change – even though he couldn’t prove it.

Helicopters and fire crews on the ground combined to beat a brush fire overnight and into early Sunday morning in the wealthy coastal community of Pacific Palisades.

SAN DIEGO, CA — Torrential rainfall and flooding struck San Diego amidst thunder and lightning on Tuesday night leaving cars stranded and thousands without power. Several cars were left stuck and some floating in floodwaters off highway 94 on Federal Blvd.,

Three off-duty firefighters who were backpacking on Catalina Island saved the life of a conservationist who was charged at and attacked by a bison on a brushy trail Wednesday.

Three firefighters died last week fighting in the Methow River Valley roughly 100 miles northeast of Seattle when their fire engine crashed, leaving them at the mercy of the fire.

Governor Jerry Brown’s policies reducing the number of inmates in the state have not affected the number of firefighters fighting fires.

Firefighters have been working over the weekend to battle several intense fires that had broken out in California in what officials have long feared could be an intense, drought-fueled fire season.

A new law proposed in California would allow firefighters to destroy drones flying in areas where emergency crews are working.

According to the Associated Press, several air tankers dropping fire retardant on the blaze Wednesday evening were forced to land after one of the pilots spotted a drone flying in the area.

Riverside County firefighters freed a naked woman from a fireplace Saturday, posting photos of the rescue to Twitter that show the woman’s soot-laden legs dangling through a hole they had opened to free her.

A San Francisco judge tossed out a jury’s $3.7 million verdict that found that 15 of the city’s firefighters had suffered age discrimination during a lieutenant’s promotional exam.

LOS ANGELES, California — Arson has been confirmed as the cause of a massive, historic fire that destroyed the Da Vinci apartment complex in downtown Los Angeles last week. On Thursday, the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD), and  the Bureau of