Latest Wildfire Headlines
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Cost Of Fighting Washington Wildfires So Far: $50 Million
Jul 29 2014 // The cost of fighting this season’s wildfires in Washington, including the largest one in the state’s history, has crossed the $50 million mark. Bolstered by the nearly 400-square-mile wildfire in north-central...
California Wildfire Destroys 13 Homes, Hundreds of Homes at Risk
Jul 28 2014 // Firefighters in Northern California made progress Sunday against a wildfire that has destroyed 13 homes and forced hundreds of evacuations in the Sierra Nevada foothills, while a fire near Yosemite National Park that...
Rains Good, Lightning Bad for Biggest Wildfire in Washington History
Jul 22 2014 // People afflicted by the massive Carlton Complex fires in north-central Washington may get some relief tonight and over the next few days in the form of wetter, cooler weather. But then again the system moving in may bring...
AP Finds That Wildfire Citations in California Applied Unevenly
Jul 21 2014 // A review by The Associated Press of California government data has found a wide discrepancy in how state and local fire officials apply fines and citations for failing to clear vegetation in areas prone to wildland...
Record Settlement Reached in Australia Wildfire Class Action Lawsuit
Jul 16 2014 // Survivors of one of Australia’s deadliest wildfires are to be awarded nearly A$500 million (US$467.5 million) in a class action settlement reached Tuesday, the largest such compensation in the nation’s...
Lightning Strikes Spark Wildfires Across Oregon
Jul 15 2014 // A Southern Oregon wildfire destroyed six homes and 14 other buildings, and dozens of additional blazes ignited after thousands of lightning strikes lashed the state. The Moccasin Hill fire began Sunday near the ranching...
Washington Wildfire Grows, Evacuations Ordered
Jul 11 2014 // One central Washington wildfire has burned across 28 square miles in just two days while another has broken out in hot, dry conditions. The Mills Canyon fire near Entiat has burned across more than 18,000 acres since it...
Firefighters Gaining Upper Hand on California Wildfire
Jul 8 2014 // Nearly 2,000 firefighters are getting the upper hand on a wildfire in rugged and steep terrain in rural Northern California. Fire officials say the Monticello Fire near Lake Berryessa in Yolo County was 55 percent as of...
Northern California Fire At 4,300 Acres, Forced Evacuations
Jul 3 2014 // A wildfire in rural Northern California’s Napa County damaged two homes and forced the evacuation of 200 others, although the blaze has yet to threaten the area’s famed vineyards. The fire in Pope Valley grew...
Climate-Driven Firefighting in West Takes Cash From Prevention Budgets
Jul 3 2014 // Wildfires blamed in part on climate change are consuming timber in the U.S. West at such a furious pace that half the Forest Service’s budget is now spent fighting them — up from 21 percent in 2000. Add in the...
Lawsuit: Arizona Mismanaged Deadly Wildfire
Jun 26 2014 // Dozens of property owners in central Arizona are suing the state, saying it failed miserably in its management of a wildfire that killed 19 Hotshots. The lawsuit filed in Maricopa County Superior Court seeks unspecified...
Wildfire Threatens Homes in New Mexico
Jun 18 2014 // Firefighters are bracing for another day of hot, dry and windy conditions as they battle a fast-moving wildfire in New Mexico. The Assayii Lake Fire blackened more than 19 square miles in less than two days while making...
California Wildfire Evacuations Lifted, as Containment Rises
Jun 17 2014 // Evacuation orders were lifted Monday evening after firefighters made significant progress containing 50 percent of a smoky mountain wildfire west of a lake near Bakersfield, officials said. The blaze has destroyed three...
One Year Later Insurance Losses From Black Forest Fire $420.5M
Jun 5 2014 // A year after the massive Black Forest Fire stuck Colorado, insured losses are now estimated at $420.5 million, according estimates released by the to the Rocky Mountain Insurance Information Association on Thursday. The...
Wildfire Publicity Lights Fire Under California Homeowners
Jun 3 2014 // The recent plague of wildfires in Southern California and in neighboring states seems to have more people checking on their homeowners policies – and more people concerned about the threat of wildfires may be taking some...
U.S. Report: Climate Change Here, Deal With It
Jun 2 2014 // Climate change is in the here and now, according to a massive new report. The White House’s National Climate Assessment report is part of President Barack Obama’s effort to prepare the nation for the impacts of...
California’s Next Mega Fire, This Could Be the Year
Jun 2 2014 // When Thomas Jeffery visits states like California, he likes to take some time out to drive around and take a hard look at the conditions and the landscape. As a scientist, Jeffery feels this helps put first-person...
Understanding Wildfire Risk: A Closer Look at the Wildland-Urban Interface
May 30 2014 // This post is part of a series sponsored by CoreLogic. More than 21,500 fires have burned nearly 700,000 acres so far in 2014 (as of May 29, 2014), and these fires have been caused by both lightning strikes and more...
California Wildfire Zone Treated to Calmer Weather
May 29 2014 // Weather looks to be friendlier for firefighters today as they hope to fully contain a Central California wildfire that led to the destruction of two homes. Some 50 residents were allowed to return to their homes Wednesday...
Cause of Arizona Wildfire Under Investigation
May 28 2014 // A team of investigators from the U.S. Forest Service’s law enforcement wing worked Tuesday to determine the cause of an Arizona wildfire between Flagstaff and Sedona, relying in part on dozens of tips from...
