Wildfires

A gigantic aircraft capable of long-range flights with thousands of gallons of fire retardant has joined California’s airborne firefighting fleet.

Four people in Northern California describe what it’s been like to lose their homes to wildfires twice in six years.

Experts say a massive wildfire in northern California and scores of smaller ones across the western U.S. and Canada are the legacy of the nation’s fire-suppression experts and climate change.

Wildfires are continuing to scorch the West and authorities say one major blaze started with a burning car being pushed into a gully.

A wind-driven fire continued to scorch thousands of acres 60 miles east of San Francisco, prompting residents to flee their homes and the closure of two major freeways near the central California city of Tracy.

The 2023 Canadian wildfire season was the most destructive on record. In fact, there were still fires burning on New Year’s Eve. Some fires from 2023 persisted into the new year – those are called “zombie fires.” A zombie fire is one that continues to burn underground, continuing to smolder through the winter, and re-emerges in the spring. Warming temperatures…

The 2023 Canadian wildfire season was the most destructive on record. Some fires from 2023 persisted into the new year – those are called “zombie fires.”

Maui’s mayor says he is prioritizing housing, evaluating evacuation routes and hiring more firefighters as his Hawaii community recovers from the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century.

A fast-moving wildfire burning through the Texas Panhandle grew into the second-largest blaze in state history Wednesday, forcing evacuations and triggering power outages as firefighters struggled to contain the widening flames.

Multiple wind-driven wildfires continued to push through the Texas Panhandle on Wednesday.

As the U.S. tries to restore a key forest ecosystem in the Southeast, landowners must light more fires on private property.

Three members of the Connecticut Interstate Fire Crew are responding to North Carolina to help fight wildfires, according to the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP). The firefighters departed from the DEEP Eastern District Headquarters early Sunday morning. The crew represents the latest team of personnel and resources sent from Connecticut on a multi-week deployment to assist with national…

Sydney is blanketed under thick wood smoke for a fourth consecutive day due to hazard reduction burns in preparation for the wildfire season.

The wildfires killed at least 115 people and displaced thousands more.

Maui County has brought a lawsuit against the utility company claiming that it did not shut off its power lines despite the high winds and dry conditions.

Residents in a leafy suburb of the Greek capital have united this summer to prevent deadly wildfires from reaching their homes. They’ve turned to drones.

Within hours of Maui County releasing 388 names of people unaccounted for following the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century, some cases were already being resolved Friday as relatives or the people themselves reported they were safe.

A volunteer firefighter with the Connecticut Interstate Fire Crew talks about the challenges he faced during a two-week deployment to battle the Colt Fire in Montana.

The FBI said Wednesday that officials are working to locate approximately 1,100 people who remain missing two weeks after a devastating fire razed Lahaina, Hawaii.

Firefighters in Canada captured video of a fire whirl over Gun Lake, Canada, on Aug. 17 in the Downton Lake fire.