Four people trapped by fire in an apartment in San Rafael Wednesday morning used bed sheets tied together to escape out of a ...

A fire destroyed a liquor store in Castro Valley early Thursday morning, an Alameda County battalion chief said.

An air quality advisory has been issued through the Labor Day holiday because of smoky skies expected in the region from wildfires.

Fire crews extinguished a 1-alarm fire near Twin Peaks in San Francisco early Thursday morning.

A male victim died in a fire Monday morning at a homeless encampment near Interstate Highway 980 in Oakland.

One person suffered moderate smoke inhalation and three people were displaced in a two-alarm structure fire Thursday evening in the Tenderloin.

A fire that broke out at a downtown Livermore market early this morning caused an estimated $300,000 in damage.

Equipment in an underground power vault caught fire in downtown San Francisco early Tuesday morning, causing more than 300 PG&E customers to lose ...

A four-alarm fire that started in an industrial area of Newark Friday afternoon is under control and no injuries have been reported.

A faulty motor caused smoke that led to the evacuation of five floors of the Phillip Burton Federal Building.

A kitchen fire at a residence in Livermore displaced a family of four Friday.

Firefighters are reminding people not to smoke in bed after a residential structure fire near Santa Rosa turned fatal Saturday night.

Three people suffered smoke inhalation and two apartment buildings were damaged this morning during a two-alarm fire in San Francisco's Marina District.

A fire in the basement of a residential building in San Francisco's Outer Sunset neighborhood Monday morning displaced two people.

The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has strengthened its wood burning regulations, including prohibiting wood burning devices from being installed in new ...

Dozens of children and adults safely evacuated from a one-alarm fire at a child care center in San Jose.

Caltrans will periodically close the bike path on the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge over the next two weeks.

Napa County officials Sunday are warning residents in the north part of the county that smoke from the Valley Fire may be a ...

Drifting smoke from wildfires in Northern California has been reported in at least four Bay Area counties today, causing concerns for people with ...

A fire displaced eight and caused hundreds of thousands in damage to an apartment building in Foster City.

The Pleasanton City Council approved an ordinance Monday night to ban all smoking in city parks and on city trails.

Fifteen dogs died from smoke inhalation in a "heartbreaking" one-alarm fire at a pet spa in Monterey on Sunday.

The San Jose City Council has passed an ordinance that will ban the distribution of coupons for tobacco products.

A two-alarm residential fire in San Jose Sunday morning displaced 12 people and caused up to $150,000 in damage.

A child playing with matches appears to have caused a one-alarm fire in Pittsburg.

A 40-year-old Salvadoran man who died during a major apartment fire in San Francisco's Mission District in January died of smoke inhalation.

Arson investigators were called as a precautionary measure to the scene of a small electrical fire at St. Patrick

Two men were killed and dozens were displaced by a three-alarm fire in Oakland early this morning at a former armory building converted ...

Dozens of people fled on foot from an eastbound bore of the Caldecott Tunnel after a car became engulfed in flames.

Five people hospitalized Wednesday morning in a two-alarm apartment fire in San Francisco's Mission District were all family members.

Twelve people, including nine adults and three children, were displaced after a two-alarm fire burned an apartment in Oakland this afternoon, a fire ...

A 35-year-old man was robbed of his clothing and valuables after he agreed to smoke marijuana with two men in San Francisco's Nob ...

A three-alarm fire in San Francisco's Castro District that burned two buildings on Saturday displaced a dozen people and resulted in an estimated ...

BART directors voted unanimously today to approve an ordinance that allows the transit agency to ban electronic cigarettes on its trains and in ...

Firefighters doused an apparent grease fire at the Joy Luck restaurant in Oakland's Chinatown neighborhood this afternoon, a fire official said.

Firefighters from the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District will soon be offering residents more than safety from fires.