A new online platform could help communities detect a need for preventative fire management, with the goal of reducing ...

Understanding how wildfires influence our planet's climate is a daunting challenge. Although fire occurs nearly everywhere on ...

A partnership with the nonprofit Earth Fire Alliance and satellite manufacturer Muon Space is giving Google a better shot at ...

Exposure to either wildfire smoke or extreme heat poses a significant threat to health. When they occur together, it may amplify the health risks of exposure.

NJ's biggest forest fires. The official granddaddy of Garden State forest fires is the April 20-21, 1963 blaze that burned 193,000 acres in the Pinelands — an area larger than Bergen County.

While the Jones Road fire has consumed enough pinelands to crack the top 20, it would need to exceed the 15,600 acre mark to become the state's 10th largest forest fire, Robinson said.

On January 1, 2025, a fire sparked outside of Los Angeles, near the Temescal Ridge Trail. It was a minor fire, only burning eight acres of wilderness. Most of us in Seattle didn’t hear about ...

When wildfires do occur, the division is short of firefighters. Jackson said the chronic vacancies “really just hamstring us.” Fighting wildfires is about more than containing the flames.

The California wildfires have caused at least 24 deaths, billions of dollars in damage and destroyed up to 12,000 homes according to CNN. They also serve as a reminder to homeowners across the ...

Roaring flames, wind-whipped embers and the smoking remains of homes have filled newscasts, websites and social media over the last two weeks. The fires that have destroyed 12,000 structures and ...

Wind. The wildfires that leapt into housing developments both in L.A. and in Western Washington have one thing in common: wind. Dry conditions were also a common factor.