A Calaveras County wildfire that crews are trying to gain control over has led to school closures Wednesday as smoke is affecting nearby air quality. Evacuations also remain in effect.

CAL FIRE reports that firefighters have stopped the fire's forward spread, with 15 percent containment achieved on the Manton Fire, which has burned 35 acres of vegetation. CAL FIRE says that crews will continue their work to strengthen containment lines and locate/extinguish any remaining hotspots in order to increase containment.

Containment grew Wednesday morning on a brush fire that started Tuesday afternoon near Pleasanton and Sunol in Alameda County, and all evacuation orders have been lifted, according to Cal Fire.

Governor Gavin Newsom on Wednesday announced plans to deploy a CAL FIRE Incident Management Team to Washington State to help manage the Sinlahekin Fire, which is burning in rural Okanogan County.

High temperatures are looming — and new research puts numbers to the intuitive follow-on: with heat, comes fire.

Cal Fire crews completed a nearly 1,000-mile journey over the 4th of July weekend to help battle a massive wildfire burning in Colorado.