More Homes Threatened as Blazes Burn in California, Across West August 17, 2021 By Christopher Weber and Eugene Garcia Thousands of homes in Northern California remain threatened by the nation’s largest wildfire as unstable weather creates a high danger...
Clearing Large Swaths of Land Part of Plan to Slow Western Wildfires July 23, 2019 The Trump administration is proposing an ambitious plan to slow Western wildfires by bulldozing, mowing or revegetating large swaths of...
Intensifying Western Wildfires Kept Thousands Away from Home on July 4 July 5, 2018 By Kathleen Foody Large wildfires grew across the American West on July 4, keeping thousands of people out of their homes for the...
4,500 Evacuated as Oregon Wildfires Burn August 31, 2017 By Gillian Flaccus Wildfires in Oregon are burning an area roughly equivalent to half the state of Rhode Island, affecting air quality throughout...
Man Arrested, Suspected of Igniting Fire Near Hard-Hit California Town August 31, 2017 Authorities on Aug. 30 arrested a man suspected of starting an illegal campfire believed to have ignited a growing Northern...
As California Wildfire Wanes, Evacuees Return and Damage is Measured July 13, 2017 Relief was arriving after a rough stretch of wildfires all around the U.S. West, with firefighters slowly surrounding once-fierce blazes...
Record Western Wildfires a Contrast in Otherwise Quiet Year for U.S. Natural Disasters January 28, 2016 By Don Jergler It was a relatively quiet year for natural disasters – except for those living in the Western U.S. Property data...