Iowa OSHA is investigating a central Iowa biogas digester after a whistleblower alleged a 2023 fire injured two employees and ...

Effective Monday, Feb. 17 at 7 a.m., the burn permit suspension in San Diego County was lifted. Cal Fire/San Diego County Fire Chief Tony Mecham formally canceled the burn permit suspension and ...

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Wildfire smoke from the Palisades and Eaton fires blankets Los Angeles County. Four wildfires released towering plumes of smoke and soot, some of them seen from Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area ...

Firefighters in San Bernardino, California, pulled a young girl out of a burning home on Monday (Feb 3). She was transported to a local hospital, where she was reported to be in serious but stable ...

CAL FIRE's maps only showed a ring of “very high” red hazard in the wildlands next to Altadena, with the vast majority of the city unmarked. Entire blocks of homes in Altadena were destroyed ...

Opening two dams in central California to help L.A. fight fires is ... rather than a lack of supply, according to fire officials and water experts who spoke to CNBC. "They don’t have water ...

A newly proposed state bill with bipartisan support would keep CAL FIRE firefighters employed year-round — and help with staffing issues, its supporters said. The Fight for Firefighters Act ...

state lawmakers on Tuesday unveiled a proposal to keep Cal Fire crews on year-round. "With the unprecedented devastation in Los Angeles this month and eight out of ten of the most destructive ...

Instead of loosening permits, perhaps they should be tightened. Here are a few questions authorities ought to consider: Should laws require all new building materials to be fire resistant?