FIRE IS A NATURAL PART of Western ecosystems, and many forest species crave its disturbance and the resulting regeneration. But starting in the mid-to-late 1800s, the federal government banished ...

The North Fork Fire burning north of Marion is now 40% contained and has scorched 350 acres, according to an update from the ...

Damage from wildfires and other disasters has surged in recent years while rebuilding costs have also spiked, raising home ...

One company plans to use machinery to burn the ground on purpose. Another aims to put fires out using autonomous helicopters.

Georgia is not as vulnerable as California, but experts say overdevelopment or poor management of wooded areas combined with shifts in climate could increase the threat.

Newsom and California are frequently the target of Trump’s ire. Some of his most memorable criticisms of the state have been ...

Gov. Mike DeWine's Office said Fire managers in southern California asked states for help Thursday with wildfires surging ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Evacuation orders were lifted Thursday for tens of thousands as firefighters with air support slowed the spread of a huge wildfire churning through rugged mountains north of Los ...

"Basically what they're doing here is they're using drip torches to aid in ignition. We put in some scratch line around each pile to prevent from fire from creeping out in ground litter," Earhart ...

In 2024, the US Forest Service alone thinned out roughly 500 square miles, and the agency has treated nearly 80 square miles in Southern California since 2023, including some areas that overlapped ...

A firefighter carries a drip torch as he ignites a backfire against the Hughes Fire burning along a hillside in Castaic, California. Andrew Aguilar sprays water from the top of the roof at his ...

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