California Blazes Destroy 2,000-plus Homes, Curb Insurer Appetites September 23, 2015 By Don Jergler A pair of massive California wildfires that have destroyed more than 2,000 structures are now considered among the most damaging...
Bloomberg View: California’s Wildfires Didn’t Have to Be So Extreme September 21, 2015 Warming temperatures and a historic drought made Northern California’s Valley fire faster to spread and harder to fight. But the...
California Wildfires Destruction Total Now Tops 1,000 Homes September 21, 2015 It has been several days since two huge wildfires in Northern California peaked in their ferocity, yet the damage they...
Massive Northern California Wildfire Destroys 400 Homes and Businesses September 14, 2015 By Ellen Knickmeyer and Olga R. Rodriguez Two fast-burning wildfires overtook several Northern California towns, killing at least one person and destroying hundreds of homes and businesses...
California Struggles with Wildfires, Thunderstorms, Triple-Digit Heat September 9, 2015 Wildfires burned amid a week of triple-digit temperatures across California, while some sections of the state saw sudden thunderstorms and...
Fighting Western U.S. Wildfires Costing More than $1B, Agriculture Chief Says September 1, 2015 U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said the federal government has spent more than $1 billion fighting this year’s deadly wildfires,...
Washington Wildfires Remain Threat in Hot, Dry Weather August 18, 2015 Crews continued their battle late Monday with several large fires threatening home in the Chelan area in central Washington. The...
Lightning Sparks Roughly 30 Fires in Colorado August 18, 2015 Lightning across northwestern Colorado is suspected of sparking about 30 fires over the weekend, keeping firefighters running from one fire...
Communities Near Southern California Fire at Risk for Floods July 7, 2015 U.S. Forest Service officials say those living in areas around a 49-square-mile wildfire will be at risk for flooding and...
Alberta Wildfires Burn for 6th Day, 10% of Oil Sands Crude Offline May 29, 2015 By Nia Williams and Scott Haggett Firefighters battled wildfires in northern Alberta, Canada’s biggest crude-producing region, for a sixth day on Thursday, with two blazes near...