As western Altadena waited hours for evacuation orders, fire commanders faced utter chaos
With thousands of lives at risk, a mobile command post tasked with issuing evacuation orders struggled to keep pace with the ...
2nd wildfire breaks out in Helene-ravaged North Carolina county as "significant progress" made in Crooked Creek Fire, officials say
Two fires are now burning in western North Carolina's McDowell County, just four months after it was hard-hit by Hurricane ...
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Private landowners in western North Carolina fight wildfire with prescribed fire
Helene reshaped much of western North Carolina’s landscape, rerouting rivers and felling large swaths of forests. Aerial ...
Massive fire erupts in Western Sydney factory with exploding gas bottles fuelling out-of-control blaze
A large fire has broken out at an industrial waste facility in Western Sydney with exploding gas bottles fuelling the blaze ...
18 fires reported in one week, killing seven
A fire chief in Penn Hills said his department has already responded to five fires this month. Departments in counties across ...
California’s monarch butterfly population plummets; fire wipes out Topanga habitat
The Western population of the monarch butterfly hit a near-record low with fewer than 10,000 found living in California this ...
Evacuations lifted after fire crews contain more than half of wildfire east of Asheville
The 250-acre fire started after a tree fell on a power line on Bat Cave Road in Old Fort, an area already recovering from ...
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Firefighters Battle Structure Fire in Western; Smoke Detector Saves Lives, Officials Say
The Western Fire Department responded to a structure fire on River Road in the Town of Western on Wednesday morning.
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PacifiCorp Was Grossly Negligent in Oregon’s 2020 Wildfires. Now It’s Asking Lawmakers for Protection.
And in December, the U.S. Department of Justice added to PacifiCorp’s legal woes. The feds filed a $900 million civil lawsuit, claiming the utility’s negligence caused a different 2020 fire in ...
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Firefighters chainsaw through floor to reach fire in Western
The chief said it is believed that embers from a wood stove fell underneath the floor of the double-wide mobile home and ...
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Here’s How Senate Republicans Respond to California’s Devastating Wildfires
Senate Republicans are working to eliminate the environmental regulations they believe led to the carnage of the January Los Angeles fires.
California firefighters make progress on Hughes Fire in Castaic; maps show areas under evacuation
The Palisades and Eaton wildfires also continue burning in the Los Angeles area, leaving parts of Southern California with ...