June 11 marks 12 years since the deadly Black Forest Fire burned more than 14,000 acres and destroyed 489 homes. On Tuesday, ...

The Great Chicago Fire? Right date, wrong event. I am referring to the Peshtigo Fire, a forest fire that destroyed 1.2 million acres and more than a dozen towns in Wisconsin. A mass grave in the ...

"Forest Fire Service crews will remain on scene for ... Fire service crews on Wednesday night built a fire line and started a backfire behind homes to help contain the blaze, the agency noted.

Fire in the Cascades, historically sparked by lightning strikes, led to a natural succession that cleared debris on the forest floor, eliminated old and weaker individual trees, provided room for ...

Victoria Porter spent two days last year fighting a small forest fire that sprang up from a hunter’s campsite in the Montana wilderness. Porter, 28, helped dig a fire break to prevent the blaze ...

The Tea Time Hill Wildfire is at Batona Campground and Apple Pie Hill in the state forest. Crews have contained none of the fire so far, but are using a “backfire operation,” meaning they are ...