The residents of Canberra might know a little about what Los Angeles is going through. Exactly 22 years ago, a wildfire became a devastating urban fire in the Australian capital. On Jan. 18, 2003, ...

Last October, San Diego firefighters watched 80 mph winds blow torchlike embers a half-mile past fire lines. Flames shot up 110 feet amid dry undergrowth untouched in 60 years. Metal roofs, saddled ...

(TNS) — During a family trip to a fish festival in Bay Port years ago, Mike Snyder came across a historical marker planted alongside M-25, almost by accident. “Great Fire of 1881” the marker read, ...

To the editor: Reporter Corinne Purtill’s article on the 2013 Rim fire (“Lessons from Yosemite, a decade after the Rim fire,” April 17) romanticizes a misleading narrative that high-intensity ...

CHRISTMAS VALLEY, Calif. – The sound of Caldor Fire embers falling from the sky and landing on windshields made a familiar noise. “It was almost like it was sprinkling, but it was sprinkling embers,” ...

When wildfires spread into neighborhoods, they burn all kinds of materials found in cars and houses and everything around them – electronics, paint, plastics, furniture. Research shows that the mix of ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Young visitors at the Please Touch Museum in Memorial Hall got a little lesson about fire safety on Saturday. Members of the Philadelphia Fire Department stopped by to teach the ...

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on Reddit Share on LinkedIn Share via Email CAMP HUMPHREYS, Republic of Korea – Fire Prevention Week 2025 may have officially taken place Oct.5-11, but the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Clear Range fire burns near Bredbo North after overrunning the property of Lawrence and Claire Cowie on Feb. 1, 2020, near ...