According to Cal Fire data, San Diego County has 157,338 acres with “very high” fire hazard, the highest level of hazard. In 2011, that figure was more than 180,700 acres.

Cal Fire added over 1.2 million acres in Central California to its fire hazard severity zones. New maps for Southern California come out March 24.

These are the counties represented for Phase 4 of the Fire Hazard Severity Zones. Click on the links to see the accompanying maps, which for this phase represent areas in Southern California.

California fire officials issued long-anticipated new versions of maps outlining areas of fire hazard, which will inform local building codes and protections.

More than three years before a large blaze at an eastern Indiana recycling plant began spewing toxic smoke and prompting evacuations, potential fire hazards at the facility had been detailed at a ...