Nearly a third of National Park island has burned in spate of Southern California wildfires

A large wildfire has burned nearly a third of Santa Rosa Island in California’s Channel Islands National Park — an area home ...

California island fire linked to sailor’s distress flare scorches 10,000 acres

Fire on Santa Rosa Island in Channel Islands national park becomes state’s largest this year and threatens rare plants ...

Map: California’s biggest wildfire of the year was started by rescue flares in national park

The island has been closed to visitors, and all non-fire staff were evacuated on Sunday, the National Park Service said.

California’s largest active wildfire likely sparked by shipwrecked mariner

A shipwrecked mariner fired flares the same day that what has become California’s largest active wildfire ignited on Santa ...

Did shipwreck SOS cause Santa Rosa Island Fire off SoCal coast?

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