Santa Rosa Island Fire initially started 4:19 p.m. May 15 on South side of Santa Rosa Island, Between Ford Point and South Point in Santa Barbara County, California. It has burned 18,379 acres after ...

The island is home to the Torrey pine, 'the rarest native pine the United States,' according to the National Park Service.

Investigators are looking into whether an SOS flare from a shipwrecked mariner started the Santa Rosa Island Fire off California's coast.

A blaze burning on Santa Rosa Island is by far the largest in at least 40 years. Here's the other fires reported on the island.

National Park Service officials say that the blaze is a "full-suppression human-caused wildfire," which has burned more than ...

Santa Rosa Island’s grove of rare Torrey pines appears to have been mostly spared from the massive wildfire tearing through ...

An aerial assessment confirms that the historic South Point Light Station and much of the rare Torrey pine grove have ...

The U.S. Coast Guard says that the human-caused fire was possibly started by flares from a stranded boater, who was rescued ...

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The 'human-caused' blaze has challenged firefighting efforts. It comes as parts of the state are under red flag warnings.

The U.S. Coast Guard rescued a 67-year-old man over the weekend from Santa Rosa Island off California’s coast after he became shipwrecked on the island, where a wildfire is currently burning.

Firefighting crews continue to surround the blaze burning on Santa Rosa Island, with containment hitting 87% as Sunday evening. Holding at 18,379 acres, ...