Latest Wildfire Headlines
All the headlines from our Wildfire Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Crews Subduing Mont. Wildfire; Calif. Fire Shows No Signs of Slowing
Aug 22 2007 // A wildfire that destroyed two homes was no longer threatening a residential area Tuesday and authorities were ready to let evacuees return, a fire chief said. Residents had been ordered to leave the Emerald Hills...
Montana Wildfire Destroys Two Homes, Forces Evacuations
Aug 21 2007 // Two homes were destroyed by a wind-whipped wildfire that forced the evacuation of a 350-home subdivision east of Billings, Mont., authorities said. The fire, estimated at 1,000 acres and growing Monday morning, destroyed...
States, Federal Agencies Try to Keep Up With Wildfires
Aug 20 2007 // With major fires burning in more than a dozen states and officials on high alert for more, authorities are scrambling to contain the blazes and keep new ones from igniting, despite unfavorable weather and strained...
No region of country is immune to wildland fires
Aug 20 2007 // Some states face tougher seasons than others but every state must deal with the threat Historically, the lion’s share of in-season wildland fires occurs in the country’s western regions, however, as evidenced...
News Currents
Aug 20 2007 // No region of country is immune to wildland fires Some states face tougher seasons than others but every state must deal with the threat Historically, the lion’s share of in-season wildland fires occurs in the...
Bad Weather Means Tougher Firefighting Across Idaho, Montana
Aug 17 2007 // Hundreds of homes across Idaho remained threatened by wildfires this week, and meteorologists said firefighters shouldn’t expect any help from the weather. More than 611,000 acres, or 954 square miles, had been...
Aggressive Wildfire Puts Firefighters on Defense in Idaho
Aug 14 2007 // Two cabins and a large outbuilding burned as wind-whipped flames flared 200 feet high Sunday on the Zena/Loon wildfire in north-central Idaho. No injuries were reported, but firefighters struggled to protect buildings in...
Montana Fire Could Burn Until Mid-September, Fire Managers Say
Aug 10 2007 // A wildfire near this resort town could continue into the fall unless it rains, even though work to restrain the blaze is showing results, fire managers said. “We’ve got about a month and a half of this...
Despite firefighting prowess, the Russians aren’t coming
Aug 6 2007 // Global firefighter claims U.S. Forest Service stonewalls on Russian aid while U.S. wildfires burn While the Southeast’s largest wildfire in over a century was still smoldering in Georgia after burning 903 square...
Mich. Forest Wildfire Damages Homes, Forces Evacuations
Jul 31 2007 // A wildfire that started in eastern Michigan’s Huron National Forest and spread across 500 acres forced the evacuation of 100 residents and damaged at least three homes, police said July 30. State police Sgt. Tim...
Despite firefighting prowess, the Russians aren’t coming
Jul 23 2007 // While the Southeast’s largest wildfire in more than a century was still smoldering in Georgia after burning 903 square miles, a fresh conflagration reared its ugly head in California, and an American pilot from...
News Currents
Jul 23 2007 // Fireman’s Fund launches Bay Area wildfire readiness program To kick off Fireman’s Fund wildfire readiness program, firefighters from the Marin County, Calif., Fire Department ignited a controlled fire on the...
Big California Wildfire Still a Potential Threat to Rural Homes
Jul 20 2007 // California firefighters have been working to stop a 28,346-acre wildfire from spreading in rugged Central Coast wilderness and posing a threat to rural homes, while rain aided the battle against an 8,250-acre forest fire...
Fire Outside Monument Becomes a Top Priority for Ore. Crews
Jul 18 2007 // A rapidly growing wildfire burning outside the Eastern Oregon ranching town of Monument has increased to 36 square miles, threatening about 20 homes to become one of the state’s top firefighting priorities, officials...
Firefighters Hope to Continue Progress on Record-Setting Utah Wildfire
Jul 11 2007 // Progress was being made as crews headed out Tuesday to fight a record-breaking wildfire burning in central Utah. The size of the fire increased to 469 square miles gaining only about 11,000 acres from Monday to Tuesday...
Rain Douses S.D. Wildfire that Killed One, Injured Two
Jul 10 2007 // Overnight rain and cooler temperatures dealt a “priceless” blow to a wildfire that has killed a homeowner, injured two firefighters and destroyed 27 houses, a top fire official said early Monday. Joe Lowe,...
Massive Central Utah Wildfire Continues to Grow
Jul 9 2007 // A massive wildfire that has swept across two central Utah counties and closed two highways continued to grow over the weekend, officials said. So far, the Milford Flat Fire has burned an estimated 160,000 acres, or 250...
News Currents
Jul 2 2007 // Lake Tahoe fire estimated to incur more than $25 million in losses A wildfire in Lake Tahoe, Calif., that has destroyed at least 220 homes and forced about 1,000 people to flee their neighborhoods is anticipated to incur...
California Teams, Laws To Aid Victims in Lake Tahoe Fire
Jun 27 2007 // California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner has dispatched Damage Assessment and Disaster Fraud Response teams to Lake Tahoe to assist consumers with the losses from the Agora fire burning at Lake Tahoe. Meanwhile, a...
Lake Tahoe Fire Estimated to Incur More than $25 Million in Losses
Jun 26 2007 // A wildfire in Lake Tahoe, Calif., that has destroyed at least 220 homes and forced about 1,000 people to flee their neighborhoods along the Lake’s southern edge as of Monday is anticipated to incur more than $25...
