A unique ecosystem, growing population and changing climate make Bastrop a tinderbox that will require constant vigilance, ...

A shocking aerial photo showed flames and a wall of smoke inching closer to highly-populated areas as reports of a third fire ...

"State Parks has closed Topanga State Park as the Palisades Fire is currently burning on park property," California State Parks spokesperson Adeline Yee said. A resident told NBC news she was turned ...

Evacuating a wildfire area can be scary, but experts say people can significantly improve their own safety with a little ...

The treacherous combination of rising temperatures and dried-up fuels has made Canadian forest much more prone to severe ...

Co-author Xianli Wang, a research scientist with the Canadian Forest Service, says there were on average an additional two days conducive to high-severity fires in 2000 to 2020, compared to the ...

Fire sprinklers are a proven solution to mitigate these risks. Modern building codes, including the International Building Code (IBC) and the International Fire Code (IFC), require fire sprinklers ...

Bedford County and Lynchburg-area firefighters and emergency crews responded to a reported explosion at a Forest church Monday night. At 9:53 p.m. the Forest Volunteer Fire Department and multiple ...

Oct. 17, 2024 — A major new study reveals that carbon dioxide emissions from forest fires have surged by 60 percent globally since 2001, and almost tripled in some of the most climate-sensitive ...

Canadian forests are increasingly primed for severe, uncontrollable wildfires, a study published Thursday said, underlining what the authors described as a pressing need to proactively mitigate ...

The study by Canadian researchers, published in the journal Science, looked at fire severity from 1981 to 2020.