Latest Wildfire Headlines
All the headlines from our Wildfire Topic Page, ordered by recency.
LA County Launches Investigation Into State Farm Over Wildfire Claims
Nov 13 2025 // Los Angeles County is conducting an investigation into State Farm’s handling of insurance claims from the devastating L.A. wildfires in January. The investigation was ordered by the L.A. County Board of Supervisors,...
Mounting Oregon Wildfire Claims Threaten Ratings of Berkshire’s PacifiCorp
Nov 13 2025 // A Berkshire Hathaway Energy Co.-owned utility is at risk of losing its investment-grade credit rating as it expects to have to pay up more money for litigation brought by victims of 2020 wildfires in Oregon. PacifiCorp...
New Zealand Firefighters Say Tongariro Wildfire Is Coming Under Control
Nov 10 2025 // A wildfire that swept across thousands of hectares of New Zealand’s Tongariro National Park appears to be coming under control, officials said. Residents are being allowed back into the area following an earlier...
Wildfire Victims Ask Gov. Newsom to Call for Insurance Commissioner’s Resignation
Nov 6 2025 // A few of the victims of the Los Angeles wildfires in January are asking California Gov. Gavin Newsom to call for the resignation of California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara over reforms Lara pushed that were designed...
Wildfire Forces Rural Community in Southern Texas to Evacuate
Oct 31 2025 // Thick smoke blanketed a rural community in southern Texas and many residents were ordered to evacuate as firefighters worked to contain a blaze Wednesday evening, officials said. The Mill Fire in Gregory, Texas, about 150...
Expert Underwriter Secures Critical Wildfire Coverage for High-Risk California Warehouse, Saving Key Account
Oct 30 2025 // Monrovia, CA ., Oct 30, 2025 – In a notable victory against challenging market conditions, the specialized underwriting team at Greenwood General Insurance Agency successfully placed a complex property insurance policy...
SCE Wildfire Fund to Pay Millions, Fast-Track Death Claims
Oct 29 2025 // Southern California Edison said on Wednesday it would pay several million dollars each to families who lost loved ones in the January wildfires that scorched 14,000 acres in greater Los Angeles and destroyed thousands of...
Industry Groups Applaud Bill to Treat Forests, Mitigate Wildfire Risk
Oct 23 2025 // Insurance industry trades praised a Senate committee for the passage this week of the Fix Our Forests Act, a measure to address high-risk wildfire regions. “The risk of wildfire can no longer be ignored or...
Man Charged With ‘Maliciously’ Starting Massive LA Wildfire
Oct 8 2025 // Federal authorities arrested a 29-year-old man on charges that he intentionally started the blaze that days later became the Palisades Fire, which killed 12 people and destroyed thousands of homes in the Pacific Coast area...
US Sues Southern California Edison Over 2019 Wildfire
Oct 8 2025 // The U.S. government sued Southern California Edison to help restore National Forest System lands burned in the Saddleridge wildfire near Los Angeles in 2019. Tuesday’s lawsuit seeks damages for fire suppression costs...
Xcel to Pay About $640 Million Over 2021 Colorado Wildfire
Sep 25 2025 // Utility Xcel Energy Inc. agreed to pay about $640 million to resolve claims that its power lines contributed to the 2021 ignition of the costliest wildfire in Colorado history. The company said in a filing Tuesday that it...
Guillermo del Toro Almost Lost His Movie Memorabilia in California Wildfire
Sep 24 2025 // Many fled when wildfires devastated Los Angeles earlier this year, but Guillermo del Toro rushed back in, determined to save his lifelong collection of horror memorabilia. It’s the same loyalty that finds him making...
Wildfire Smoke Set to Cause Mounting Deaths and Economic Losses
Sep 22 2025 // Increased wildfire smoke could lead to 1.4 million premature deaths globally each year by the end of this century, according to a new study. Scientists at China’s Tsinghua University found that early deaths linked to...
Southern California Edison, Others Settle to Recover $2B Tied to Wildfires
Sep 19 2025 // Southern California Edison has reached a settlement agreement with several intervenors to allow the utility to recover about $2 billion of $5.6 billion in losses tied to the 2017–2018 wildfire and mudslide events. Out of...
California Commissioner Pushes for Wildfire Recovery Bill, Other Legislation
Sep 15 2025 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara is urging Gov. Gavin Newsom to sign several wildfire and health-related bills that have passed the Legislature and are now awaiting the governor’s approval. “They...
California’s Paradise Still Recovering From Wildfire 7 Years Ago
Sep 12 2025 // Nearly seven years after Paradise was ravaged by wildfire, the foothill town smells like pine trees again. New homes are sprouting up on once-scorched lots. Construction trucks rumble through neighborhoods. An ice cream...
How Europe Lost an Area the Size of Cyprus to Wildfires This Year
Sep 12 2025 // Patricia Lamela was driving back to the Galician town of Larouco in northwest Spain when she got the call. It was Aug. 13, just before 7 p.m., and a neighbor told her there was a fire in the forest. Lamela, the mayor of...
When Is Your Home Safe After Wildfire Smoke? LA Researchers Have Some Answers
Sep 11 2025 // At a church parking lot near Los Angeles, two hazmat-suit-clad workers vacuumed and wiped most of the contents of Elle Schneider’s house. Surrounded by stacked plastic bins of books and clothes, they opened up the...
California Plans to Boost Utility Wildfire Fund by $18 Billion
Sep 10 2025 // California lawmakers have reached an initial agreement to shore up the state’s wildfire utility fund. The agreement is expected be filed into legislative text on Wednesday after lawmakers suspended a Tuesday...
Older Homes for Sale in California Now Come With Wildfire Warnings
Sep 8 2025 // Most California homes were built long before the state required that they be constructed to withstand wildfires. Now, sellers of older homes in high-risk areas must disclose to potential buyers not only a dwelling’s...
