Contract pilot was fighting the Hills Fire Wildland Firefighter COALINGA, California – A pilot was killed after a helicopter involved in firefighting operations crashed near Coalinga, according to the Federal Aviation Administration and reported by...
Video: Firefighters Save Flag in California Wildfire
Flag saved from Lake Fire WKRG Firefighters save American flag in California. https://youtu.be/md8DhCMnKL4
Crews Battle Over 300 Wildfires Across California
Evacuation orders in the San Francisco Bay Area By HAVEN DALEY and JANIE HAR Associated Press VACAVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Crews were battling wildfires in the San Francisco Bay Area and thousands of people were under orders to evacuate Wednesday as hundreds...
Brush Fire Closes Parts of Arizona Highway
Video shows palm tree fire after lightning strike GLOBE, Ariz. (AP) — Partial closures of two state highways were in effect Wednesday in east-central Arizona because of a lightning-caused brush fire. The partial closures of State Routes 188 and 288 in...
Rosland Road Fire Restoration
Benefits of fuel reduction work U.S. Forest Service This is a short video focused on a recent success story in which firefighters were able to catch the Rosland Road Fire largely due to prior hazardous fuels reduction work completed as part of the...
Videos: Global 747 Supertanker Over Apple Fire
Making drops on the Apple Fire WAIT FOR IT!!!! UNBELIEVABLE pic.twitter.com/Wvj2zWdtkU — Combat Learjet (@Combat_learjet) August 18, 2020 Santa Cruz Films Global SuperTanker 944, a Boeing 747 was called in to assist firefighters with structure protection as a...
Lightning Sparks New Wildfires Across California
Triple-digit temperatures through the weekend LOS ANGELES (AP) — A rare summer thunderstorm brought lightning that sparked several small blazes in Northern California on Sunday and stoked a huge wildfire that has forced hundreds of people from their...
California Wildfires Burn Amid High Risk of Brutal Blazes
High temps and humidity LOS ANGELES (AP) — Firefighters struggling to contain three wildfires near Los Angeles faced another challenging day Saturday as forecasters warned that the risk of new fires was high with temperatures expected to spike and...
Photos, Video: California’s Ranch and Lake Fires
Fighting fires near Los Angeles Firefighters struggling to contain three wildfires near Los Angeles faced another challenging day. ...
The Benefits of Hard Decisions
Lessons from wildfire management NRFireScience Lessons learned from wilderness fire management in the Northern Rockies. Intended to spark discussion about managing fire for resource benefit on public lands: including reasons behind using this management...
Colorado Brush Fire Injures Three Firefighters, Damages Two Fire Engines
10 acres burned in Boulder County Carrie Haverfield, Public Information Specialist Boulder County, Colo. - On Wednesday, August 12, 2020, at approximately 3:15 p.m. the Boulder County Communications Center received a report of a grass fire on the...
Videos: California Lake Fire
Wildfire has burned at least 10,000 acres InciWeb The Lake Fire is currently 10,000 acres at 0% containment, with a very rapid rate of speed. The fire was first reported on August 12th at 3:40 P.M. and is located near Lake Hughes Road just north of Warm...