Over 1,100 firefighters were “strategically pre-positioned” across Southern California to address "ongoing critical fire weather," Cal Fire said.

A wildfire broke out and threatened homes in Rancho Bernardo, a community in northern San Diego, California, on Wednesday morning, January 22, before its forward progress was halted with help from firefighting aircraft,

When the call came in for the Lilac Fire late in the night, so many crews were standing at the ready, including some more than a thousand miles away.