The number of California acres mapped into higher "fire hazard severity zones" is doubling. Stricter fire safety building ...

A fire can give off incredible amounts of heat. A room fire can range from 100 degrees at floor level to 1,200 or more degrees at the ceiling. Skin can burn with permanent injuries at 160 degrees. The ...

Cal Fire will begin rolling out new fire-hazard severity maps, which are expected to more than double the land in ...

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Cal Fire will also release new “moderate” hazard zones, its lowest hazard classification that is rarely referenced in fire safety regulations, but did not state how many acres it would encompass.