Latest Wildfire Headlines
All the headlines from our Wildfire Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Judge Rejects Effort to Undo California Wildfire Settlement
Apr 20 2015 // A judge has rejected a California timber company’s attempt to undo a $47 million legal settlement for a massive 2007 wildfire. Sierra Pacific Industries had accused federal prosecutors of engaging in misconduct. But...
Settlement Talks Continue in Arizona Wildfire Wrongful Death Case
Apr 20 2015 // Parties in a wrongful-death lawsuit stemming from the 2013 Yarnell Hill Fire say they need more time to discuss a settlement. Lawyers for the sides told a U.S. District Court judge on Friday that they’re working in...
Lloyd’s of London Offers Wildfire Insurance to Oregon at Higher Rates
Apr 6 2015 // The state of Oregon has a chance to continue its unique insurance policy that helps pay for fighting wildfires in big burning years – but at a higher premium and deductible. Lloyd’s of London has offered to cover...
Wildfire in 2015: What to Expect?
Mar 23 2015 // The past two years did not result in the amount of wildfire activity that many wildfire scientists, foresters and fire responders had expected. Looking back, the 2013 season had the earmarks of a bad year, with the...
Wildfire in 2015: What to Expect?
Mar 21 2015 // The past two years did not result in the amount of wildfire activity that many wildfire scientists, foresters and fire responders had expected. Looking back, the 2013 season had the earmarks of a bad year, with the...
Crestbrook to Offer Wildfire Mitigation for High Value Homeowners
Mar 20 2015 // Crestbrook Insurance Co., an affluent market personal lines carrier, has launched Crestbrook Wildfire Solution Program in collaboration with Wildfire Defense Systems (WDS), an insurance wildfire loss prevention and...
Wildfire Spreads in Western Oklahoma, Homes Evacuated
Mar 18 2015 // Emergency personnel say about a dozen people have been evacuated from their homes because of wildfire that has burned 37 square miles in rural western Oklahoma. Woodward County emergency manager Matt Lehenbauer said on...
After Deadly California Fire Thousands of Smoke Alarms Installed
Mar 9 2015 // Volunteers have installed thousands of free smoke alarms in a Southern California neighborhood where a fire killed a mother and her two sons. Five-thousand smoke alarms donated by the Kidde fire safety products firm were...
Report: Wildfire Reconstruction of West’s Riskiest Homes – $237B
Mar 9 2015 // In the Western United States there are nearly 900,000 homes representing an estimated reconstruction cost of more than $237 billion considered at “very high” or “high” risk from wildfires, a report...
Report: Wildfire Risk to Homes in West Tops $237B
Feb 26 2015 // In the Western U.S. there are nearly 900,000 homes representing an estimated reconstruction cost of more than $237 billion considered at “very high” or “high” risk from wildfires, a report issued...
After Deadly California Fire Thousands of Smoke Alarms Installed
Feb 23 2015 // Volunteers have installed thousands of free smoke alarms in a Southern California neighborhood where a fire last month killed a mother and her two sons. The Orange County Register reported 5,000 donated smoke alarms were...
Firefighters Gain on California Wildfire That Destroyed 40 Homes
Feb 9 2015 // Firefighters on Sunday evening gained the upper hand on a wind-driven wildfire that destroyed 40 homes, burned nearly 11 square miles and forced about 150 people to leave two small California towns at the eastern base of...
Obama Budget: Taxes, Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, Crop Insurance, Wildfires
Feb 2 2015 // President Barack Obama on Monday proposed a $3.99 trillion budget for fiscal year 2016 that sets up a battle with Republicans over programs to boost the middle class that are funded by higher taxes on corporations and...
Natural Disasters in 2014
Jan 12 2015 // All in all, 2014 was not as bad as it could have been for natural disasters in the United States. Last year closed with fewer tornadoes, a mild hurricane season, lower acreage lost to wildfires, and an overall decline in...
Australian Firefighters Containing Sprawling Wildfire
Jan 7 2015 // Firefighters in southern Australia were winning the battle on Tuesday to contain a sprawling wildfire raging on a 240-kilometer (150-mile) perimeter that has razed 38 homes and left two people in hospitals, officials...
Australian Wildfire Threat Eases as Cool Front Moves In
Jan 5 2015 // Cooler conditions on Sunday were helping hundreds of firefighters working to contain a massive wildfire that had forced thousands of people to flee their homes in southern Australia. A dozen homes have been destroyed by...
Washington Wildfire Claims Prepared for Lawsuit
Dec 30 2014 // More than 150 property owners are preparing to sue the state of Washington over wildfire damage claims that have been denied by the state Department of Natural Resources. Brewster attorney Alex Thomason told the Capital...
Looking Back to 2014, Ahead to 2015 at Natural Disaster Activity
Dec 29 2014 // Fewer tornadoes, a mild hurricane season, lower acreage lost to wildfires, overall less flood and other damage— all in all, 2014 was not as bad as it could have been for natural disasters in the U.S. That’s...
The Two Year Reduction in Natural Hazard Damage: A Long-Term Trend?
Dec 29 2014 // This post is part of a series sponsored by CoreLogic. Natural hazards continue to pose a significant risk to properties in the United States and abroad. As we near the close of 2014, it is important to take time to...
Insurance Council: No Hurricanes, but Bad Weather Plagued Texas
Dec 3 2014 // As 2014 hurricane season ends the people of Texas can count themselves lucky to have dodged hurricanes for the past six years, which has been particularly good news for coastal residents. Despite the lack of hurricanes,...
