The strongest winds in the area had passed and meteorologists said high fire dangers decreased, which aided efforts to contain the fire. Evacuations in Malibu displaced thousands of residents ...

The Franklin Fire in Malibu has burned 4,037 acres as of Thursday morning and remains at 7% contained. Thousands of households remain under evacuation orders. Overall, the Franklin Fire destroyed ...

MALIBU, Calif. – Nearly 2,000 first responders from multiple agencies are on the ground and in the air battling the Franklin Fire burning in Malibu, California, outside Los Angeles on Thursday.

Fire crews in California are continuing to battle a wildfire in the scenic ocean-side community of Malibu that grew dramatically overnight and caused thousands to evacuate, including a host of ...

7th UPDATE 1:30 pm: The wind-driven Franklin Fire in Malibu continues to burn, scorching more than 4,000 acres as of early afternoon Wednesday. A red flag warning of critical fire danger was ...

Authorities are trying to control the “rapid rate of spread.” A brush fire that broke out on Monday evening in Malibu Canyon has led to mandatory evacuation orders in parts of Southern ...

L.A. County Fire Department officials estimated that at least 100 acres had been burned and structures were threatened, according to KTLA-TV. Thousands of Southern California residents are under ...

The blaze, dubbed the Franklin fire, was reported a few minutes before 11 p.m. Monday along Malibu Canyon Road in the hills north of Pepperdine University. Fanned by strong Santa Ana winds ...

Camp crewmembers hike up a steep hillside as they battle the Frankiln fire in Malibu. More photos (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times) A ferocious wildfire fanned by strong winds burned ...

Around 20,000 people were under evacuation orders after the blaze, dubbed the Franklin Fire, broke out shortly before 11 p.m. Monday in the Malibu Canyon area, the Los Angeles County fire and ...

The Franklin Fire burns next to power lines at the Pacific Coast Highway in the morning of Dec. 11 near Malibu, California. Parts of the road were shut down due to the wildfire. Photo: Apu Gomes/Getty ...