Wildfires destroy thousands of acres in the U.S. every year. But what made the California wildfires so intense and destructive, burning nearly 50,000 acres and destroying more than 12,000 homes? A ...

As we watch the fires burn our neighbors’ homes in southern California, we have to keep in mind that the fires are not burning because of an inadequate water supply or a particular fire chief or ...

Oregon invoked the Emergency Conflagration Act for the fourth time in 2025 for the Elk Fire in Klamath County. The wildfire, reported Tuesday morning roughly eight miles north of Bonanza, quickly grew ...

The Rowena fire destroyed dozens of homes and other structures in the Columbia River Gorge. Just as firefighters were having success containing Oregon’s first major wildfire of the year near The ...

BAKER CITY, Ore. (Aug. 06, 2024) – Baker County Sheriff's Office has issued additional evacuation levels for areas around the Town Gulch Fire. For the most current list of Level 1, 2, and 3 ...

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) - The Oregon State Fire Marshal is mobilizing its Blue Incident Management Team and several task forces to the Rail Ridge Fire in Grant and Crook counties and the Shoe Fly Fire in ...

“After 4th day of blazes, Santa Anas may yield to rain” (Jan. 23): Praises to our San Diego fire department for making short work of the Gilman fire. If it had reached the UCSD campus with all its ...