Latest Wildfire Headlines
All the headlines from our Wildfire Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Arizona Wildfire Claims Up to $5 Million
Jun 25 2010 // The Schultz fire burning in Arizona near Flagstaff has incurred up to $5 million in claims to date, according to the latest National Interagency Coordination Center Incident Management Situation Report. To date, 14,800...
Arizona Wildfire Incurs $1.8 Million in Claims
Jun 23 2010 // An Arizona wildfirethat has burned 14,000 acres and incurred $1.8 million in claims to date might be the first example of the fire risks the Western United States are facing in 2010. But, the National Interagency...
Arizona Fire Burns 10,000 Acres
Jun 22 2010 // The wildfire burning near Flagstaff, Ariz., has claimed more than 10,000 acres and is only 10 percent contained three days after it started, the National Interagency Coordination Center has reported. NICC’s latest...
Southwest Wildfire Season Poised to Ignite
Jun 10 2010 // Southwestern states could face a particularly troubling fire season this year, particularly in the next few days, according to AccuWeather.com reports. The company said moisture from winter storms has spurred spring growth...
Northwest Faces Increased Wildfire Risk in 2010
May 12 2010 // El Nino weather patterns and a relatively mild winter left Idaho, eastern Washington and south central Oregon drier than normal and vulnerable to wildfire, accoridng to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). In...
Busy Wildfire Season Predicted for Wyoming
May 7 2010 // National fire officials say northwest Wyoming could see more wildfires this summer after a season of light snowfall. The National Interagency Fire Center said the light winter in the region means drier fuels in the summer...
Chubb Expands Its Private Wildfire Protection Network Into Texas
Mar 17 2010 // The Chubb Group of Insurance Companies has expanded its wildfire defense services to homeowner policyholders in Texas. In addition to providing wildfire education and property risk assessments, the program responds to...
South Carolina Asked to Extend Immunity for Planned Fires
Mar 15 2010 // Nearly a year after the state’s worst wildfire, forest managers and landowners have asked legislators to give them more protection from lawsuits when they intentionally set fires to reduce debris that could fuel...
El Nino Drowning Texas Wildfire Threat
Feb 9 2010 // Central Texas rancher Debbie Davis can hardly believe the turnaround in rainfall. While her pastures were parched and withered last summer after nearly two years without appreciable rain, the area northwest of San Antonio...
Wildfires Destroy Homes in Western Australia
Dec 31 2009 // Wildfires roared across a swath of Western Australia on Wednesday, razing almost 40 homes and sending hundreds of people fleeing for their lives, officials and witnesses said. At least three people were injured. Two major...
U.S. Considers Night Flying to Fight Fires
Dec 2 2009 // The U.S. Forest Service is considering allowing its helicopters to attack wildfires at night, a practice the agency has long discouraged because of risks to pilots, a senior official said Monday. The change would be a...
New Mexico Wildfire Danger is High
Dec 1 2009 // State Forester Butch Blazer is cautioning New Mexicans about fire danger in parts of the state because of mild conditions and less-than-abundant moisture. Fine grassy fuels and brush in southern and southeastern New Mexico...
Suspect in 2003 California Wildfire Recants Confession
Nov 30 2009 // A convicted burglar has claimed in jailhouse interviews that he was badgered into confessing to starting a 2003 wildfire that burned about 1,000 homes in the foothills above San Bernardino and allegedly caused five people...
California Commissioner Touts Wildfire Payment Recoveries
Nov 16 2009 // On the eve of the one-year anniversary of the Sayre, Tea and Freeway Fires in Southern California, Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner announced in a press statement Friday that the California Department of Insurance...
California Recovers $27 Million for San Diegans
Nov 10 2009 // California’s Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner yesterday announced that the Department of Insurance (CDI) has recovered more than $27 million from insurance companies in the aftermath of the devastating Witch...
San Diego Power Company Pays Wildfire Restitution
Nov 2 2009 // San Diego Gas & Electric and Cox Communications have agreed to pay $17 million to settle claims by state investigators that poor maintenance led to three huge wildfires in 2007. The settlement, announced Friday, comes...
Arsonist Faces Murder Charge for Heart Attacks Linked to 2003 California Wildfire
Nov 1 2009 // Case Shows New Determination to Charge Alleged Arsonists with Murder for Firefighter and Civilian Deaths Retired accountant James McDermith’s mad dash to retrieve a camper and pack it with belongings as a wildfire...
South Carolina Court Hears Wildfire Case This Week
Oct 27 2009 // A man fined in the most destructive wildfire in South Carolina history is facing a court date to answer to charges. Court documents show the trial for Marc Torchi is set for Wednesday in Central Jury Court in Conway, a...
California Fire Near Santa Cruz Controlled
Oct 27 2009 // Residents in the Santa Cruz mountains have been allowed to return to their homes after being evacuated Sunday in the face of a forest fire driven by high winds. The fire in the Summit area north of Santa Cruz burned 485...
Arson Case Prompts Heart-Attack Murder Charges
Oct 26 2009 // Prosecutors in California are charging a suspected arsonist with the murder of five people who died of heart attacks during a wildfire _ a potential capital offense in a region held hostage by fires. Six men died of a...
