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In an instant anyone living in or near an active fire zone can experience evacuations, displacement, loss of property, loss ...
For thousands of years, fire has been and remains the main enemy of the forest. Devastating colossal areas on all continents ...
A study published in 2016 found that humans accounted for 84 percent of all wildfires in the U.S. between 1992 and 2012. Some human-caused fires have been blamed on arson or negligence, ...
Bridger Aerospace Group had its earliest deployment ever for an aerial firefighting and wildfire management company when they took to the skies in January to help battle devastating wildfires in ...
Watch Duty is a non-profit focused on "disseminating public safety information in real-time from verified sources" about wildfires across 14 states, including Washington, Oregon, Montana, Idaho ...
Two wildfire experts argue that the L.A. destruction didn't have to be as bad as it was. The question isn't whether we can live with fire but how we can live with it, they say.
How Wildfires Get Their Names Across the United States,108 wildfires are burning, mainly in the west. What they're called is important, just as it is with hurricanes and other disasters.
Wildfire smoke and ash can be dangerous to people's health even when a fire burns primarily trees and plants. But fires that burn through man-made materials are often filled with a more toxic mix.
The apocalyptic West Coast fires, mid-America droughts and East Coast hurricanes portend much worse to come if we don’t comprehensively address global warming at “warp speed,” a term ...
A partnership with the nonprofit Earth Fire Alliance and satellite manufacturer Muon Space is giving Google a better shot at tracking wildfires—and using AI to process all the data being collected.
Kelly Ramsey’s new memoir, "Wildfire Days," follows her rookie seasons as a wildland firefighter on an elite hotshot crew in the Pacific Northwest. Her story is one of physical endurance ...
Two people were found dead in a burned car Sunday from a fast-moving wildfire in Northern California that has scorched more than 55,000 acres. Photo: Sara Nevis/Sacramento Bee/Zuma Press Wildfires ...