Darian Stevenson - syracuse.com Syracuse, N.Y. — Syracuse firefighters Wednesday night fought back a wildfire with 30-foot flames and blowing burning embers in a scene that looked more like California than Central New York. Around 6:57 p.m., fire crews got the call...
Rebecca Ellis, Terry Castleman and Grace Toohey Los Angeles Times (TNS) LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles County emergency management officials responsible for sending evacuation alerts were not instructed to notify west Altadena residents until long after the Eaton fire...
Summer Lin and Terry Castleman Los Angeles Times (TNS) LOS ANGELES — As California struggles to defend itself against increasingly destructive urban wildfires, recent fire deaths in Altadena highlight what researchers say is a growing trend in victim demographics. Up...
Jenny Jarvie - Los Angeles Times (TNS) LOS ANGELES — A spark from a malfunctioning transmission line ignited a fire. Before long, gale-force winds whipped the flames into a mighty firestorm that tore through the Sierra Nevada foothills at the rate of one football...
Alex Brown Stateline.org (TNS) Feb. 18—ISSAQUAH, Wash. — President Donald Trump's moves to slash the federal workforce have gutted the ranks of wildland firefighters and support personnel, fire professionals warn, leaving communities to face deadly consequences when...
Lauren Penington The Denver Post (TNS) A hunting company based in southwestern Colorado has paid $500,000 to settle allegations that it sparked a national forest wildfire in 2019, federal officials said. Federal investigators allege Jackson Outfitters is liable for...
Steve Scauzillo - Los Angeles Daily News (TNS) During a new process aimed at increasing the county’s fiscal transparency, Los Angeles County Fire Chief Anthony Marrone on Wednesday defended the department’s aerial firefighting capabilities during the...
Jenny Jarvie - Los Angeles Times On a hot, dry November morning in 1961, flames from a trash pile on brushland north of Mulholland Drive were picked up by Santa Ana winds and swept across the canyons of one of Los Angeles' wealthiest enclaves. The apocalyptic scenes...
Nathan Solis - Los Angeles Times Southern California Edison reported to state regulators Thursday that its equipment likely sparked the Hurst fire that burned nearly 800 acres in Sylmar last month, but the utility has yet to determine where the much more destructive...
CHAEWON CHUNG - News & Record, Greensboro, N.C. On Wednesday, a wildfire broke out in McDowell County in Western North Carolina after a tree fell onto a powerline. After hours of firefighting efforts from Wednesday through Thursday morning, the fire, which had...
Blake Nelson - The San Diego Union-Tribune The firefighter pulled the black hose down a hill. “Good?” she called out. “All the way down,” a voice responded. Brea Kirklen kept walking. Below her were the remnants of a homeless encampment in a small canyon by San...
David Garrick - The San Diego Union-Tribune San Diego has been slow to revamp how it monitors and removes flammable brush on city-owned land, despite a 2023 audit saying the city’s efforts are poorly coordinated and not comprehensive enough. Brush management is...
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