Fire was 32% contained on Tuesday LOS ANGELES (AP) — Firefighters on Tuesday increased containment of a Los Angeles wildfire and officials identified the man suspected of starting the blaze that prompted evacuations in canyon neighborhoods. Ramon...
Massachusetts Brush Fire Spreads to Nearly 1,000 Acres
Fire is believed to be the largest since 1999 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. (AP) — A western Massachusetts brush fire has spread across nearly 1,000 acres (405 hectares) and is now the state's largest wildland fire in more than two decades, state officials said....
Firefighters Contain One New Jersey Wildfire as Second Starts
Second fire burns in the Brendan Byrne State Forest By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press LITTLE EGG HARBOR, N.J. (AP) — As New Jersey firefighters gained control of one forest fire in the heavily wooded Pinelands region, a second broke out, and was halfway...
U.S. Wildland Firefighting Force Urged to Get Vaccinated
Camps to operate with multiple precautions to reduce coronavirus infections By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — With a potentially ferocious wildfire season threatening to ignite across the western U.S., a push is on to persuade wildland...
Wildfire Consumes Hundreds of Acres in Southern New Jersey
Forest fire has burned at least 600 acres By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press LITTLE EGG HARBOR, N.J. (AP) — Firefighters were making progress Monday against a forest fire that had burned hundreds of acres in the New Jersey Pinelands, although winds that...
Large Brush Fire Scorches Western Massachusetts
One firefighter injured in East Mountain fire NORTH ADAMS, Mass. (AP) — An 800-acre (324-hectare) brush fire in western Massachusetts that started late last week is thought to be the largest in the state in more than a decade, a state official said...
Lawsuit Seeks $103M from Oregon Public Utilities Over Wildfire
The Holiday Farm fire killed one person and destroyed 430 homes PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A lawsuit filed on behalf of 70 landowners in Oregon’s McKenzie River Valley seeks $103 million from Lane Electric Cooperative and Eugene Water and Electric Board for...
Early Wildfire Season Predicted in Drought-Stricken Nevada
“We have not seen conditions this severe in the last 20 years,” By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Nevada fire officials say the worst drought conditions the state has seen in two decades should make for an early start to the wildfire...
More U.S. Forests in New Mexico Impose Fire Restrictions
Carson and Santa Fe National Forest to begin Stage One restrictions TAOS, N.M. (AP) — More national forests in drought-stricken New Mexico plan to impose fire restrictions on activities such as campfires and smoking in an attempt to prevent human-caused...
Photos: California Pacific Palisades Wildfire
Wildfire burns near Topanga State Park LOS ANGELES (AP) — An arson suspect was arrested in connection with a Los Angeles wildfire that forced evacuations in canyons where thick vegetation hasn't burned in more than 60 years, authorities said Monday. READ...
Arson Arrest in California’s Pacific Palisades Wildfire
Wildfire was 23% contained on Monday By CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — An arson suspect was arrested in connection with a Los Angeles wildfire that forced evacuations in canyons where thick vegetation hasn't burned in more than 60...
Arson Suspects Detained in California’s Palisades Fire
A thousand or so residents of the Topanga Canyon area were ordered to evacuate By CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A smoky wildfire churning through a Los Angeles canyon community gained strength Sunday as about a thousand residents...