BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The U.S. government can keep using chemical retardant dropped from aircraft to fight wildfires, despite finding...
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BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A legal dispute in Montana could drastically curb the government’s use of aerial fire retardant to...
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — U.S. officials are testing a new wildfire retardant after two decades of buying millions of gallons...
SALEM, Ore. (AP) _ Lightning bolts struck the parched forests of southern Oregon hundreds of times in 24 hours, igniting...
DENVER (AP) — As Western states prepare for this year’s wildfire season, the world’s largest firefighting plane has been grounded...
A carelessly discarded cigarette, a downed power line, a car’s backfire or a chainsaw’s pull. Just about anything could have...
Firefighters are dropping record-breaking amounts of retardants on a massive Northern California wildfire that is burning explosively because of the...
The U.S. Forest Service says it is adding four aircraft to its firefighting fleet as California recovers from a spate...
The Wyoming Air National Guard is practicing fighting wildfires from the sky. Guard members plan to conduct training flights at...