Clara Harter, Noah Haggerty, Jired Deng and Sandra McDonald - Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES — Firefighters were struggling to contain a fast-moving Ventura County wildfire on Thursday that had destroyed numerous homes — and the dangerous winds fueling those flames...
Whipping Winds Brought ‘Extreme and Life-Threatening’ Fire Conditions to Los Angeles
Clara Harter - Los Angeles Times Because of unusually strong winds, the National Weather Service has issued a rare Particularly Dangerous Situation red flag warning for wide swaths of L.A. County and southwest California, stretching from late Tuesday through Thursday....
Northern California Faces Increased Fire Danger This Week. Here’s When Wind Will Peak
Sarah Linn - Merced Sun-Star (Merced, Calif.) (TNS) Parts of Northern California were under a red flag warning as of Thursday, Oct. 17, putting the region at higher risk for wildfires. Gusty winds up to 55 mph were expected to sweep the region. “This combined with low...
Wildfire Activity Could Pick Up Again in ND As Dry, Windy Weather Persists
The Bismarck Tribune, N.D. Wildfire concerns are mounting in North Dakota again, with breezy conditions and little rain in the forecast this week. Meanwhile, the 2024 growing season has officially come to an end in the region. Wind gusts in the western and central...
Ahead of Winds, PG&E Adjusts Plans for Possible CA Power Shutoffs
Daniel Hunt - The Sacramento Bee As California braced for critical fire conditions starting Thursday afternoon, Pacific Gas and Electric Co. officials said a quick-moving storm that produced rain in some locations helped planners reduce the number of counties and...
Colorado Springs (CO) Fire Department Teams Up With Students to Increase Fire Safety Awareness
Eric Young The Gazette (Colorado Springs, Colo.) (TNS) As Colorado Springs's population and construction needs continue to grow, so does the risk of wildfires throughout the city and region. With this threat in mind, the Colorado Springs Fire Department has partnered...
Brazil’s Indigenous Firefighters Battling the Ever-More Rapid Flames
Philipp Znidar Rio de Janeiro — The air shimmers with heat as the flames consume the dry grass. The sky over the endless expanse of the Pantanal, the largest tropical wetland in the world, is shrouded in dense clouds of smoke. "I think of the many animals suffering...
‘It Is Bad for Women’: Workers Condemn Culture at Oregon Forestry Department
Noelle Crombie - oregonlive.com The state has received about a dozen complaints against Oregon Department of Forestry leaders this year, with some employees alleging a hostile culture toward women, a lack of diversity and a fear of retaliation. The complaints include...
Riley County (KS) Fire Department Working To Protect Against Wildfires
Emma Loura - The Manhattan Mercury, Kan. Oct. 10—Local officials are seeking a grant that provides resources to help communities protect against wildfires. Together with the Kansas Forest Service, the Riley County Emergency Management and Fire Department applied for a...
Record Fire in San Jacinto (CA) Burns Hundreds of Acres; Six Firefighters Hospitalized
Anabel Sosa - Los Angeles Times (TNS) A human-caused brush fire near San Jacinto had grown hundreds of acres by Sunday evening, leading to evacuation warnings and sending six firefighters to local hospitals, according to fire officials. Fire crews first responded to...
Pilot Fighting Wildfire in Eastern OR Veered off Course Moments Before Fatal Crash, NTSB Reports
Tatum Todd oregonlive.com (TNS) The 73-year-old pilot who died while fighting wildfires near Malheur National Forest in eastern Oregon made an unexpected turn before the July 25 crash, the National Transportation Safety Board said in newly released findings from its...
CO Wildfire Risk Is So High This Fire Department Struggled To Find Insurance To Build a New Firehouse
Noelle Phillips - The Denver Post The Durango Fire Protection District was repeatedly denied insurance coverage for the construction of its new downtown firehouse earlier this year because of — wait for it — the wildfire risk. “We literally are a fire station building...