Latest Wildfire Headlines
All the headlines from our Wildfire Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Rain Delays Wildfire Season in Parts Of West
Jun 4 2013 // Rain and cooler temperatures mean the wildfire season in Oregon, Idaho, Washington and Montana will start later than initially predicted, officials with the National Interagency Fire Center said Saturday. But wildfire...
Southern California Wildfire Containment Doubles Overnight
Jun 3 2013 // Firefighters working in darkness doubled containment of a massive wildfire north of Los Angeles to 40 percent overnight, as cool, moist air moved in Monday. The fire, which has fed on old brush that hasn’t burned in...
Edison, CPUC Reach $37M Settlement on Southern California Fire
May 22 2013 // The California Public Utilities Commission has reached a proposed $37 million settlement with Southern California Edison over fallen power lines blamed for starting the October 2007 Malibu Canyon Fire. Santa Ana winds...
Wildfires Break Out Near Possum Kingdom Lake in Texas
May 15 2013 // Wildfires have led to evacuation of about 30 residences in a North Texas community where 2011 blazes destroyed dozens of homes amid the drought. The Texas A&M Forest Service reported grass fires that burned about 100...
Feds: Another Tough Wildfire Season For West
May 14 2013 // Fire officials are poised for a tough wildfire season after another dry winter across much of the West, and made more challenging because federal budget cuts mean fewer firefighters on the ground, Interior Secretary Sally...
Ongoing Dry Weather Raising New York Wildfire Danger
May 7 2013 // New York conservation officials say continuing dry weather has raised the danger of wildfires, advising rural and suburban residents that all residential brush burning is prohibited during the usually high fire risk period...
California Wildfire Appears Accidental, Drizzle Aids Firefighters
May 6 2013 // Investigators have ruled out arson as the cause of a huge Southern California wildfire that was 75 percent contained Sunday after burning through coastal mountains and threatening thousands of homes. Continuing cool, moist...
Southern California Wildfire Causes Homes To Be Evacuated
May 3 2013 // A Southern California wildfire grew to more than 15 square miles and firefighting crews prepared Friday for another bad day of gusting winds and searing weather. The fire erupted Thursday in the Camarillo area, damaging 15...
Mistake Made Handling Colorado Waldo Canyon Fire: Report
May 1 2013 // A dispatcher made a mistake when she failed to relay a 911 call about a wildfire hours before it roared out of control, but no one knows if it would have made a difference in the damage it caused, according to El Paso...
Wildfires Prompt Colorado Insurance Changes
Apr 24 2013 // Colorado lawmakers are close to agreement on a slate of insurance changes inspired by homeowners’ complaints after last year’s wildfires. The state Senate gave final approval this week to a bill aimed at making...
Report Praises Response To Deadly Colorado Wildfire
Apr 4 2013 // A review of the most destructive wildfire in Colorado history released Wednesday found much to praise and few problems in the way Colorado Springs agencies responded. Investigators say the June 2012 Waldo Canyon Fire on...
Loss from Tennessee Wildfire Estimated at $12 MIllion
Mar 29 2013 // Sevier County, Tennessee authorities estimate the loss in a wildfire earlier this month at about $12 million. The Mountain Press reported the figure includes only the value of the cabins destroyed or damaged in the March...
Utah Prepares For Another Busy Wildfire Season
Mar 12 2013 // The mountains still may be covered in snow, but officials already are preparing for another busy wildfire season in Utah amid growing concern over the cost to battle them. State officials told the Deseret News that the...
Colorado Wildfire Safeguards, Concerns with Alert System
Mar 1 2013 // New safeguards to prevent state-set fires from going out of control have won unanimous approval in the state Senate, and a new report is noting “serious concerns” with two mass calling systems that were used to...
Idaho Forest Companies Seek Lawsuit Protections
Feb 21 2013 // Idaho’s private forestry companies want to buttress their protections against federal wildfire lawsuits that they say have been costly for companies elsewhere. Idaho Forest Group lobbyist Jeremy Chou told the House...
Texas Crews Working to Prevent More Davis Mountains Fires
Feb 5 2013 // Texas Forest Service crews are beginning work to remove hazardous vegetation in the Davis Mountains resort area of West Texas to try to prevent a repeat of one of the state’s largest-ever wildfires two years ago. On...
Colorado Politicians Mad Over Sandy Bill Minus Wildfire Aid
Jan 31 2013 // Colorado politicians are steaming that $125 million in aid for last year’s wildfires was removed from the Sandy relief bill. The Republican-controlled House of Representatives stripped that funding from the Sandy...
Wildfire Risk High in 2013 Due to Warm Weather, Drought, Warn Insurers
Jan 24 2013 // With a mild winter, relatively warmer weather in general, and drought conditions expected to continue in 2013, the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) is urging home and business owners to take action...
Worker’s Comp Reforms, Portable Persistency Top West’s 2012 Headlines
Jan 14 2013 // Dec. 21, 2012 came and went and the apocalypse was so lackluster as to be forgotten among the year’s myriad headlines. Now that we are all well and good, and past doomsday, here are Insurance Journal’s best...
Worker’s Comp Reforms, Portable Persistency Top West’s 2012 Headlines
Dec 31 2012 // Dec. 21, 2012 came and went and the apocalypse was so lackluster as to be forgotten among the year’s myriad headlines. Now that we are all well and good, and past doomsday, here are Insurance Journal’s best...
