Mississippi Forestry Commission firefighters responded to 2,502 wildfires in fiscal year 2024 that burned 51,982 acres.

Idaho officials are taking proactive steps to combat wildfires, proposing a $100M fire fund, new technologies, and enhanced fire detection to protect residents.

Quick thinking and a working fire suppression system helped keep a fire at a lumber mill contained without any injuries ...

Altadena was one of several communities scorched by the fires. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images) Saturday, 11:00 a.m. PSTCal Fire data reported the Palisades and Eaton fires at full containment ...

While evacuation orders remained in place for areas around the immediate perimeter of the fire, other nearby neighborhoods were reduced from evacuation orders to warnings, while warnings were ...

The fire was being fanned by strong, dry Santa Ana winds that were racing through the area, pushing a vast pall of smoke and dangerous embers ahead of the flames -- sparking fears that it could ...

Within hours, the blaze had burned across more than 10,000 acres (41sq km), the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) said. They added that the fire is at 14% containment.

The newly formed Looter Suppression Team will provide more surveillance and a quicker response time to Altadena neigborhoods evacuated during the fire but potentially left unsecured by residents, ...

Four new wildfires have already started this week. A map from California's Department of Forestry and Fire Protection shows the locations of all six wildfires burning in Southern California.

Update: As of late Thursday morning, local authorities had lifted the remaining Ventura County evacuation warnings related to the Hughes Fire. Ventura County authorities downgraded an evacuation ...

LATEST Jan. 23, 8:45 a.m. The Hughes Fire near Castaic Lake in northern Los Angeles County continued to burn Thursday morning, but locals and first responders had some reason for optimism despite ...

Entire families wiped out, last words of victims revealed after the fire in northwestern Turkey killed 76 Musa Serdar Terzioglu/Anadolu via Getty Twenty children were among the 76 fatal victims of ...