Flare up in Coconino County FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Coconino County officials say a wildfire that flared up again Tuesday after first being suppressed Monday on Flagstaff's rural eastern outskirts damaged some structures but that evacuations are no...
Easing Fires Not as Simple as Climate Change vs. Forest Work
Presidential visit highlights divide on how to reduce forest fires By ANDREW SELSKY and ADAM BEAM Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Deadly West Coast wildfires are dividing President Donald Trump and the states' Democratic leaders over how to prevent...
Temporary Refuge Area Considerations and Options
Learn the major difference between a TRA and a safety zone By Jerry Burke and Kelley Gouette | FireRescue Magazine Volume 7, Issue 9 During wildland/urban interface (WUI) fires, it’s become an all-too-common occurrence for firefighters to take greater...
President Spurns Science on Climate During Visit to California
“It will start getting cooler, just you watch.” By JONATHAN LEMIRE, AAMER MADHANI, WILL WEISSERT and ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — With the smell of California wildfires in the air, President Donald Trump on Monday ignored...
Wildfires During Pandemic Intensify Economic Pain in West
The financial fallout will be measured in the low billions of dollars By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer The fires consuming the forests of California and Oregon and darkening the skies over San Francisco and Portland are also damaging a regional...
Fleeing Burning Hills in Northern California
For the second time in two years, fire has destroyed a mountain community By DAISY NGUYEN and ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — As the flames closed in on tiny Berry Creek in the Sierra Nevada foothills early Wednesday, Misty Spires...
Amid Smoke and Ash, Paradise Rebuilds
Paradise has tried to entice people back By ADAM BEAM Associated Press PARADISE, Calif. (AP) — When flames chased Chuck and Janie Dee down the mountain two years ago, they thought they'd never be back. Yet there they were on Sunday, parking a camper next...
New California Law Helps Former Inmate Firefighters Get Jobs
Erasing criminal records By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California's inmate firefighters will have a shot at becoming professional firefighters once they complete their sentences, under a bill Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law...
Death Toll Reaches 35 in Western Wildfires
Neighborhoods from Oregon to California destroyed By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and SARA CLINE Associated Press BEAVERCREEK, Ore. (AP) — Nearly all the dozens of people reported missing after a devastating blaze in southern Oregon have been accounted for,...
Dozens Missing as Firefighters Battle Two Large Fires in Oregon
Dozens of people are missing in Jackson County By ANDREW SELSKY and SARA CLINE Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Hundreds of firefighters battled two large wildfires Friday that threatened to merge near the most populated part of Oregon, including the...
Climate Change Largely Missing from Campaigns as Wildfires Rage
Natural disasters and politics By AAMER MADHANI, KATHLEEN RONAYNE and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Historic fires are raging across the western United States ahead of what scientists say is the typical peak of wildfire season....
Media Access to Wildfires Varies by State
Differences even among government agencies By JANIE HAR and FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Journalists have captured searing, intimate images of active and dangerous wildfires burning in California, due in large part to a...