Ashley Ahn - Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES — A 34-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of arson in connection with the Line fire, which has burned tens of thousands of acres in San Bernardino County. Authorities on Tuesday arrested Justin Wayne Halstenberg, a...
Brazil is intensifying efforts to improve its wildfire management system, focusing on the prevention of wildland fires. The total area affected by fires and the number of incidents have significantly increased in recent years. A recent order from Brazil's Ministry of...
Nathaniel Percy - The Orange County Register The fast moving Airport fire, which broke out in Trabuco Canyon near Rancho Santa Margarita Monday afternoon, Sept. 9, swelled to more than 8,500 acres overnight, according to Cal Fire. See also: This map shows the location...
Beau Yarbrough - San Gabriel Valley Tribune, West Covina, Calif. Sep. 8—The out-of-control Line fire in the San Bernardino Mountains grew to 20,553 acres on Sunday evening, up from 17,459 acres on Sunday morning and from 3,833 acres on Saturday morning, with zero...
By JIM SALTER and CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press Firefighters battling a California wildfire that has burned through more than 5 square miles (13 square kilometers) of the high Sierra made significant progress slowing its growth on Wednesday, but hundreds of...
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...
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...
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...
Paul Rogers - The Mercury News California has a very large new tool in its arsenal to fight wildfires, and it’s a veteran that has seen battles before. State officials announced Monday that after years of waiting, they finally have a C-130 Hercules cargo plane ready...
PHOENIX (AP) — A wildfire that burned 15 structures near the Arizona town of Wickenburg two months ago and cost nearly $1 million to suppress was caused by railroad work, authorities said Monday. Investigators found a section of cut railroad track from work along the...
Jackson Guilfoil Times-Standard, Eureka, Calif. (TNS) Aug. 15—The Boise Fire perched on the ridge above Orleans engulfed 10,205 acres by Thursday, but cooler temperatures and higher humidity is helping firefighters establish defense lines for the surrounding...
Alexandra Duggan - The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash. Aug. 12—A U.S. Forest Service firefighter from Idaho was injured Saturday night by a falling tree while fighting a fire in the Salmon River Ranger District. Justin "Riley" Shaw, 26, is in critical condition...
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