By Chad Costa California is a fantastic place to live. As an avid outdoors person and someone who enjoys time away from city life, California is an excellent fit. Northern California is filled with massive redwoods and beautiful communities tucked away in the...
Firefighters Gain Ground on Southern California Wildfire While Yosemite Blaze Degrades Air Quality
MORENO VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters gained ground Monday against a large wildfire and three smaller blazes in the torrid interior of Southern California. The Rabbit Fire grew slightly overnight to more than 12 square miles (32 square kilometers) but...
Second Canadian Firefighter Dies Battling Wildfire in Northwest Territories
FORT LIARD, Northwest Territories (AP) — A firefighter died while battling a wildfire near his home community in Canada's Northwest Territories, authorities said Sunday. Firefighter Adam Yeadon, 25, from Fort Liard, N.W.T., was a member of the Acho Dene Koe band. The...
British Columbia Wildland Firefighter, 19, Killed by Tree Fall in Revelstoke Fire
Nineteen-year-old British Columbia firefighter Devyn Gale died fighting a wildfire near the City of Revelstoke on Thursday. Royal Canadian Mounted Police said Friday Gale and her crew from B.C. Wildfire Service were clearing brush near a small fire in a remote area....
Insurance Companies Sue Energy Corporation After It Was Blamed for Helping Start CO Wildfire
By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press Dozens of insurance companies are suing Minneapolis-based Xcel Energy to recoup money paid out to homes and businesses lost in Colorado's most destructive wildfire in 2021. The lawsuit was filed Thursday, a few weeks after...
Central WI Wildfire Consumes Nearly 1,000 Acres, Forces Evacuations
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A wildfire in central Wisconsin has consumed almost 1000 acres (405 hectares) and forced evacuations of scores of properties. State Department of Natural Resources officials said at a news conference Tuesday that the fire began Monday afternoon in...
Forest Service and Historically Black Colleges Unite to Boost Diversity in Wildland Firefighting
HAZEL GREEN, Ala. (AP) — Before starting college, Taylor Mohead had never been outside her hometown of Houston, Texas. Now, the recent Tuskegee University graduate is trekking around trees in Hazel Green, Alabama, in fire gear and sweltering heat. The U.S. Forest...
New Firefighting Planes Sought Across the Warming Planet Are on Their Way, With a Little Delay
By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press LE BOURGET, France (AP) — Production of a workhorse firefighting plane that is eagerly awaited in Europe to combat worsening mega-blazes fueled by climate change is running “a little bit” behind schedule, and the first will not be...
Pacificorp Could Be on the Hook for Billions After Jury Verdict in Devastating OR Wildfires
By ANDREW SELSKY and GENE JOHNSON Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A jury in Oregon on Monday found the electric utility PacifiCorp responsible for causing devastating fires during Labor Day weekend in 2020, ordering the company to pay tens of millions of...
CA Slaps Parents with $675,000 Tab for Wildland Fire Their Kids Started While Camping
The State of California is suing the parents of two children who started a 2020 wildland fire that spread to over 100 acres. The Skyline 3 Fire started at the Skyline Truck Trail in Jamul at 1:08 pm on June 11, 2020, and burned for three days, according to CalFire. In...
Quebec Orders More Evacuations as Dozens of Wildfires in Canada Remain Out of Control
MONTREAL (AP) — Northern Quebec's largest town was being evacuated on Tuesday as firefighters worked to beat back threats from out-of-control blazes in remote communities in the northern and northwestern parts of the province. According to the province's forest fire...
Two Insurance Giants Stop Insuring CA Homes Over Wildland Fire Risk
By MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two insurance industry giants have pulled back from California's home insurance marketplace, saying that increasing wildfire risk and soaring construction costs have prompted them to stop writing new policies in...