The Santa Clara County Fire Department has more than three times the space to fight fires in the Santa Cruz Mountains with last week’s opening of the Redwood Fire Station. …
Pulling aside the curtain to reveal answers to a question inherent in the subtitle of his new field atlas, “The State of Fire: Why California Burns,” Oakland writer, illustrator and …
WATSONVILLE — Firefighters battling several small vegetation fires Monday afternoon contained the blazes to about 2 acres near the northbound Buena Vista Drive exit of Highway 1. A large gray-black …
OAKLAND — Crews continued to battle a fire in the Oakland hills through the night, achieving some containment, and are expected to remain in the area through much of Saturday, …
RICHBURG, S.C. — In densely built towns, wildfires can trigger a deadly domino effect, with flames leaping from home to home until an entire neighborhood is destroyed. How does construction …
The three major wildfires that swept through parts of Southern California last month are nearly extinguished, having blackened an estimated 122,382 acres to date. The flames caused the most damage …
From the way they’re acting, it’s clear Gov. Gavin Newsom and state Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara believe they have no choice other than caving in to insurance industry blackmail. Related …
SVIATI HORY NATIONAL PARK, Ukraine – Serhiy Tsapok surveyed the smoldering ruins of pine trees, blackened stumps as far as the eye can see that bear witness to a scorched …
Mark Chediak | (TNS) Bloomberg News A growing number of utilities are resorting to an extreme measure to prevent their equipment from sparking catastrophic wildfires: turning off the power. Electric …
By Vasco Cotovio | CNN Lisbon — For three days in mid-September, wildfires rapidly tore through parts of Portugal, turning the sky a hellish, smoky red against the rolling green …