New Mexico County Blasts US over Historic Prescribed Fire July 14, 2022 By Susan Montoya Bryan ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Commissioners in a northern New Mexico county urged U.S. forest managers on Tuesday to do a...
Firefighters Work to Stop Nebraska Wildfire That’s Killed 1 April 26, 2022 By Margery A. Beck OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Firefighters were taking advantage of higher humidity and calmer winds Monday to work toward containing a...
Fire at Pilot Mountain State Park Burns Hundreds of Acres December 1, 2021 PILOT MOUNTAIN, N.C. (AP) — Fire crews in North Carolina are working to control a fire in 4 that has...
Forecasters Say Much of the Dakotas Could Be in for Drought March 1, 2021 By Kim Fundinsgland MINOT, N.D. (AP) — Snowfall in the region earlier this week was a welcome sight, falling on parched ground throughout...
Southern California Could Have Cold Turkey From Power Shutoffs November 25, 2020 By David R. Baker and Brian K. Sullivan Dry, gusty winds have raised a critical fire threat, prompting Edison International to threaten to cut power to more than...
Big Power Shutoffs in California as Winds Boost Fire Danger October 27, 2020 By Olga R. Rodriguez and Amy Taxin SAN FRANCISCO — Large swaths of California had no electricity Monday as utilities tried to prevent the chance of their...
Torrid Heat Creates Tinderbox Conditions in Tennessee July 5, 2012 By RANDALL DICKERSON Tennessee is seeing dry conditions that normally don’t develop until late summer and the wildfire danger is increasing. State Forestry...
Arson Fire Heavily Damages Maryland Church April 13, 2012 Baltimore County fire officials say a blaze that dry conditions and wind help spread at a church was deliberately set....