Each year, wildfires across the United States and Canada burn millions of acres and destroy thousands of homes and other structures. CNN is tracking the trends.

In a typical year, wildfires in the US burn seven to eight million acres, with the annual number of fires totaling about 80,000. This year is well ahead of pace. So far, the wildfire count stands at ...

Wildfires burning across the western U.S. and Canada on Sunday left some residents keeping a wary eye out for possible evacuation orders while others already forced to flee their homes waited to see ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Despite August not being over, 2026 is already one of the worst years for American wildfires in recent history. As of this writing ...

Wildfires are becoming an increasingly common sight each year. The unsightly aftermath of burned trees and the blackened landscape appears to us humans as a dead zone, but in some cases, nothing could ...