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Firefighters have fully surrounded a 145-acre wildfire in Southern California.
Cold weather and calm winds are helping firefighters in their battle against a wildfire in Southern California.
The U.S. Forest Service should allow helicopters to fight fires during darkness, a tactic that could have been used in the critical first hours of the summer's gigantic and deadly wildfire in the Angeles National Forest, a Los Angeles County Fire Department report found.
Work crews shoveled mud Friday from the back yards of several homes after a brief cloudburst unleashed flows of debris down steep mountains left barren by the largest wildfire in Los Angeles County history.
A prison inmate has pleaded not guilty to arson and murder charges for a 2003 wildfire that destroyed nearly 1,000 homes and was linked to five heart attack deaths in Southern California.
A man fined for starting a blaze several days before the most destructive wildfire in South Carolina history has pleaded guilty and will pay $732.
Firefighters are scrambling to contain a wildfire in the Santa Cruz Mountains ahead of a weather system that's expected to bring high winds.
Retired accountant James McDermith's mad dash to retrieve a camper and pack it with belongings as a wildfire chewed closer to his home six years ago may have cost him his life. But it wasn't the flames or smoke that got him.
The biggest wildfire in Los Angeles County history is finally fully contained.
A mandatory evacuation remains in place for the residents of dozens of homes near Watsonville, in central California.
California's electricity grid manager has declared a power emergency after strong winds knocked down a high-voltage transmission line in Monterey County.
A wildfire that blackened more than 11 square miles of brush and timber and destroyed at least five structures is now under control.
Julius Goff was the focus of ridicule when news spread of how he took refuge in his hot tub instead of fleeing an approaching wildfire.
Rainstorms could send huge flows of water laden with mud, rocks and other debris toward cities below steep slopes of the San Gabriel Mountains stripped bare by a wildfire near Los Angeles this summer, federal scientists said Tuesday.
A fire driven by winds of more than 40 mph destroyed three homes and threatened dozens of others in a rugged warren of mountains and canyons northeast of San Bernardino on Saturday.
The fire chief in one of South Carolina's busiest tourist spots said he won't alter his agency's practices even though his crews failed to extinguish a small blaze that mushroomed into the worst wildfire in state history.
A federal jury in Los Angeles has ordered two construction companies to pay more than $36 million to reimburse the government for the costs of fighting a 2002 wildfire sparked by an electric grinder.
Authorities say a wildfire that has burned 450 acres of dry brush at Vandenberg Air Force Base in Santa Barbara County is 80 percent contained.
The U.S. Forest Service ordered its supervisors to reduce the use of state and local firefighters three weeks before a deadly Los Angeles County wildfire erupted, the Los Angeles Times reported Thursday.
People affected by the massive wildfire that burned about 250 square miles northeast of Los Angeles are calling for a federal investigation into what they say was a poor initial response to the blaze.
A crow as black as the branch it's perched on oversees a skeleton forest.
A wildfire is burning in Southern California, and dozens of firefighters are being called to the scene.
Authorities say they expect it to take longer to contain a month-old wildfire near Los Angeles as crews brace for Santa Ana winds that could fan the smoldering blaze to life.
Oregon's governor has invoked an emergency provision to free up state firefighting resources to battle a volatile, wind-driven blaze on the outskirts of Ashland.
Los Angeles County authorities have filed arson charges against a 13-year-old boy they believe started a 2,100-acre wildfire last month.
No Kidding: Getting Goats to Graze on Tinder Puts a Damper on FiresUsing goats to control forest brush may seem like a novel idea, but it has been around as long as grazing animals have roamed the planet
Homeowner Says Cal Fire Started 'Loma' Fire (Video)Frank Dido, who lost his home in the Loma Fire, says Cal Fire needs to take responsibility for the blaze that has forced hundreds to evacuate.
Hundreds Forced To Evacuate As 'Loma' Wildfire RagesEUREKA CANYON, Calif. -- Hundreds of homes remain evacuated on Monday as a wildfire continues to burn in the Santa Cruz Mountains.
Oregon project tests Obama forest policyWhen Sharon Karr's cabin was built on the shores of this high mountain lake in 1928, there were few neighbors and little thought given to the prospects of wildfire. There are now 102 cabins on this land on the Umpqua National Forest, and fears of a big fire have grown.
New Wildfire Erupts In Southern California - Central Coast News Story - KSBW The Central CoastBANNING, Calif. -- A new wildfire has broken out near the inland Southern California community of Banning as high heat bakes the region.
Huge Wildfire Near Los Angeles Shows Little Sign of Slowing DownA terrible wildfire currently burning in the Los Angeles, California area is discussed in this September 1, 2009 article on the Los Angeles Times's website.
Mexican drug smugglers tied to California fireWildfire investigators in California are looking for marijuana growers tied to a Mexican drug cartel whom they suspect ignited a blaze that has charred more than 87,000 acres of a national forest.
California Wildfire Blamed on Drug Operation, Another Unintended Bad Result of Drug "War"A weeklong blaze that has charred more than 84,000 acres in southern California was started by a cooking fire in a drug trafficking operation, investigators said.
Climate change expected to increase Western wildfire burn area as much as 175% by the 2050sA major new study, "Impacts of climate change from 2000 to 2050 on wildfire activity and carbonaceous aerosol concentrations in the western United States" finds a staggering increase in "wildfire activity and carbonaceous aerosol concentrations in the western United States …
US wildfire man sentenced to dieA southern Californian court has sentenced a man to death for the first-degree murder of five firefighters by starting an October 2006 forest blaze.
Arsonist Sentenced to Death for Killing 5 FirefightersMr. McDonald said Mr. Oyler had told him that he started one fire as a distraction to "break his dog out of the pound," and set the others out of anger for losing custody of one of his three daughters because of his methamphetamine use.
Forest Biomass Utilization Decrease Wildfire Risk @ Dependence on Foreign OilA breif on some technology from the USDA.
Biochar: one way to deal with more fire-prone forests Joseph Duda, forest management supervisor for the Colorado State Forest Service, is going to have a lot of wood on his hands. But a thousand-year-old technique used to make charcoal may keep him from being buried in it.
Fire managers predict busy season in WestFederal fire managers predict relentless drought and low snowpack in northern California will bring a busy wildfire season this summer, a troubling outlook for a region of the West that got scorched last year. The National Interagency Fire Center, headquartered in Boise, release …
Weather advisory: Wildfire dangerThe National Weather Service issued a special weather statement just after 10 a.m. to notify the Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky region there is "high to extreme wildfire danger" today due to dry winds and the heat.
SC wildfire burns homes near popular beach areaA coastal wildfire burned dozens of homes and forced the evacuation of hundreds.
Fires scorch Southwest, burning homes and one entire town - Numerous wildfires were roaring Thursday through parts of Oklahoma and Texas, engulfing one entire town and searing neighborhoods including one in Oklahoma City.
An explosion, a scream, then silence For 25 agonizing minutes, journalist Norm Beaman did not know whether his wife had perished in wild fires sweeping southern Australia, after he lost mobile phone contact following an explosion and a scream.
Firefighters: Flaming Squirrel To Blame In Jones WildfireA squirrel caught fire, sparking a blaze Wednesday morning that resulted in the evacuation of an elementary school in Jones, fire officials said.
Unlike Most of New Orleans, Ex Fema Head Michael Brown Rescued From Natural DisasterHurricane Katrina victims take note. Michael Brown is safe.
SoCal Fire Roundup: Firefighters Gain Ground With the ferocious Santa Ana winds dying down, firefighters on Monday made gains on three raging wildfires that have destroyed hundreds of homes and forces thousands of residents to flee.
Smoke from 3 wildfires wafts over O.C. A wildfire stoked by powerful Santa Ana winds damaged or destroyed at least 56 homes in Orange and Riverside counties Saturday, charring at least 2,000 acres and forcing 45,000 people in Anaheim alone to evacuate their homes.
Los Angeles Fears Blackouts as Wildfire Burns A wildfire whipped up by hurricane-force gusts raged through northwestern Los Angeles foothills on Saturday, burning some 165 homes and threatening the power supply of California's largest city.
State of Emergency Declared as Wildfire Devastates SylmarSYLMAR -- A fire storm, driven by near hurricane force winds, has destroyed at least 165 homes and 600 mobile homes. Ten-thousand people in the northwest San Fernando Valley have been evacuated.
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