Aircraft will be based in Washington and Oregon   BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Two military aircraft will help detect and map wildfires in the U.S. West. The National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho, on Wednesday says the Air National ...

State of public calamity declared as temperatures rise     LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal’s government is taking the rare step of decreeing a state of public calamity before a forecast rise in temperatures that authorities fear will worsen a ...

Eight assigned to Parker 2 Fire hurt in rollover near Cedarville     ALTURAS, California – Eight firefighters were injured Friday in a vehicle accident near Cedarville, according to the Oroville Mercury Register. The firefighters are employees of Firestorm Wildland ...

Wildfires broke out across the country over the weekend   WildlandFirefighter: Large Wildfire Threatens Homes Near Greece <img class=%2

Planes and helicopters join firefighters on the ground     ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A large wildfire north of Athens is threatening homes as it sweeps through pine forest for a second day, uncontained due to high winds. Fire Service ...

Guests at chalet hold out or take more difficult trail     By MATT VOLZ, Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A wildfire has cut off the return route for dozens of people staying in a Glacier National Park backcountry ...

2016 fire destroyed several homes   By DON THOMPSON, Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A generator on a marijuana farm is to blame for a fire last year that destroyed a dozen homes south of San Francisco, investigators said ...

Residents of Seeley Lake advised to leave   By MATT VOLZ, Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The smoke pouring into a small Montana town from a nearby wildfire has gotten so bad that health officials are warning residents to ...

Civil Protection Agency battles 17 forest fires   LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Wildfires flared across Portugal on Thursday following a rise in temperatures and strong winds, ending days of cooler weather that had brought a brief respite from a spate ...

Official says firefighters did all they could to fight wildfires   NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Although Tennessee’s top forestry official said he regrets the loss of lives and property in last year’s wildfires, he argued Wednesday that firefighters did as ...