Fewer wildfires burn in North American forests today than in previous centuries, increasing the risk of more severe wildfires ...

James Bartels was sentenced to 18 months in prison for sparking 26 fires in Wayne National Forest, prosecutors announced on ...

The Texas A&M Forest Service Law Enforcement Department has 10 investigators and up to 15 officers led by Connor Murnane, chief law enforcement officer. Officers investigate timber theft and wildfires ...

Rattlesnakes employ impressive survival tactics during forest fires by seeking shelter in underground burrows or crevices.

One person was found dead inside a Lake Forest apartment complex that caught fire on Thursday, Jan. 30, according to authorities. The Orange County Fire Authority received multiple 911 calls for ...

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 ...

That hasn’t changed, but other ways fires are spotted have evolved. In the early part of the 20th century, the newly established U.S. Forest Service built fire lookout towers around the country. The ...

Video from a gas station security camera shows what a new filing in a lawsuit alleges is the start of this month’s deadly Eaton Fire in the Los Angeles area – electrical sparking at a utility ...

Forest officials have issued several closures over the past couple of weeks due to the ongoing fire danger. An evacuation shelter was also established at College of the Canyons East Gym at 26455 ...

"With our fire response team, when they're out in the forest and you come across an LPG car, gas bottle, aerosol can, or tyres, that stuff, when it's burning, is potentially dangerous," he said.

Watch on Deadline As of Thursday morning, the fire was mapped at 10,176 acres. Angeles National Forest officials, who were battling the fire alongside Los Angeles County crews, said the fire was ...

Crews from Los Angeles County Fire Department and Angeles National Forest were also attacking the blaze from the ground. Cal Fire's Brent Pascua said conditions had come together to make the ...