Yosemite Wildfire Threatens Grove of Iconic Sequoia Trees July 11, 2022 YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — The largest grove of giant sequoias in Yosemite National Park remained closed Saturday as...
One Home Destroyed, 155 People Told to Evacuate Alaska Fire July 11, 2022 By Mark Thiessen ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — One home has been destroyed by a wildfire burning in Alaska’s interior, while a majority of...
Wildfires Tear Across Several States, Driven by High Winds April 27, 2022 By Margery A. Beck and Susan Montoya Bryan OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Firefighters across the country are battling multiple wildfires as tinder-dry conditions and high winds whip up...
Extreme Wildfires Are Here to Stay – and Multiply February 23, 2022 By Gloria Dickie LONDON —Indonesia’s peatlands, California’s forests, and, now, vast swathes of Argentine wetland have all been ravaged by extreme wildfires, heralding...
Company Defends Use of Toxic Chemicals to Fight Plant Fire June 25, 2021 By John Flesher A company whose northern Illinois chemical plant was heavily damaged in a fire last week defended its use of firefighting...
Amid Clamor to Increase Prescribed Burns, Obstacles Await June 23, 2021 By Andrew Selsky SALEM, Ore. (AP) — In the 1950s, when University of California forestry professor Harold Biswell experimented with prescribed burns in...
Researchers Say More Data Needed to Determine Cost-Effective Wildfire Solutions October 30, 2020 By Jim Sams and Don Jergler While California wildfires cost property insurers billions each year, the impact of the smoke emitted by those fires may be...
Goals to Fight Fire with Fire Often Fall Short in US West August 13, 2019 By Brian Melley KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Calif. — The thick scent of smoke hung in the midday air when a trail along...
Crews Use Controlled Burns to Fight Kenai Peninsula Wildfire June 28, 2019 By Dan Joling ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A wildfire on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula expanded Wednesday but fire crews used controlled burns to create firebreaks...
California Water Utilities Seek Relief from Fire Lawsuits May 31, 2019 By Adam Beam SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Facing more wildfires and the lawsuits that come with them, a group of public and private California...