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California's Creek Fire Creates Its Own Pyrocumulonimbus Cloud
Gender-Reveal Party Is Blamed in California Wildfire
By Allyson Waller & Christina Morales
2020 set another record for being awful: the most acres burned in California
By Justine Calma
5 gender reveal disasters: wildfires, fatal explosion, plane crash
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A New Record Is Set As More than 2 Million Acres of California Has Burned This Year
By Jasmine Aguilera
Helicopters rescue 200 trapped by fast-moving Creek Fire in Sierra National Forest
By Lizzie Johnson & Lauren Hernandez
Bobcat fire threatens Southern California foothill cites
By Ben Poston, Mary Forgione & Harriet Ryan
Wildfires force evacuation of entire town in central California
By Cheri Mossburg, Hollie Silverman & Amir Vera
Gender reveal party sparked huge El Dorado wildfire which has burned 7,050 acres in California
By Harriet Alexander
El Dorado Fire sparked by gender-reveal party in Southern California
By Katie Shepherd
California wildfire started by pyrotechnic device used at gender-reveal party
By Amanda Covarrubias
Woman who popularized the gender reveal party says enough already after latest wildfire
By Leah Asmelash
California sets new record for land torched by wildfires as 224 people escape by air from a 'hellish' inferno
By Cheri Mossburg, Holly Yan & Paul Vercammen
California wildfires: Fire chief says dozens of major blazes have state in 'dire situation'
By Stella Chan, Steve Almasy & Topher Gauk-Roger
A pyrotechnic device at a gender reveal party sparked one of the California wildfires, burning over 8,600 acres
By Cheri Mossburg, Hollie Silverman & Amir Vera
Gender reveal photo shoot pyrotechnics caused one of this weekend's California wildfires: Firefighters
By Ivan Pereira
California Wildfires: Extreme Heat Turns State Into a Furnace (Published 2020)
By Kate Taylor, Ivan Penn & Jack Healy
'You Couldn't See Anything': Harrowing Helicopter Rescues as California Wildfires Rage
By Thomas Fuller & Sarah Mervosh
Gov. Gavin Newsom Declares State of Emergency
By Neil Vigdor, Bryan Pietsch & Christina Morales
California fires: Dramatic nighttime airlift rescues hundreds
By Alex Wigglesworth
El Dorado fire sparked by pyrotechnic device used during gender-reveal party at Yucaipa park
By Alex Wigglesworth & Jaclyn Cosgrove
Aggressive winds feared as California battles biggest wildfire season
By Joseph Serna, Luke Money & Thomas Curwen