Wildfire and Wildland-Urban Interface
The Line Fire east of Los Angeles has burned over 27 square miles
An increase in natural disasters has compounded problems for first responders across Texas and other states
An analysis of a wildfire evacuation from the Lake Tahoe Basin area finds highway shutdowns and chaos
State is suffering its worst wildfire outbreak in state history
Fire incident spokesman Dale Warriner says the fire is holding at about 4,200 acres
The same trailer that will be purchased to transport the ATV will be pulled behind the ATV and carry pumps and other equipment
Fed by stiff winds and extreme drought, the more than 33,000-acre blaze had blackened about 45 square miles in and around Bastrop
Two deaths are blamed on the fires about 25 miles east of Austin
The wildfire has already destroyed nearly 1,400 homes
The fires have scorched 33,000 acres and destroyed more than 1,000 homes in the past three days alone
One firefighter suffered heat exhaustion and a civilian sustained a minor injury in the fire
Two people have been killed by the destructive fire
Officials believe the driver fell asleep at the wheel
The Texas Forest Service says the fire has grown to 30,000 acres and was still uncontained Tuesday
The fire south of Bakersfield has destroyed 12 homes and 15 outbuildings
Officials were considering seeking military resources from nearby Fort Hood
The 20-year-old woman and her child had no chance to escape as a wall of flames ravaged their neighborhood and ultimately their home
Crews were attacking the flames from above, running water-dropping aircraft continuously; ground crews protected structures
The ferocity and speed with which the fire was moving made it unsafe to fight from the ground
Nearly 750 firefighters surrounded 60 percent of the fire
Nearly 13,000 fires have burned more than 3 million acres in Texas because of extremely dry conditions since November
Park superintendent Jason Lott says the pot was discovered in rugged terrain during an Aug. 23 helicopter flight surveying a flash flood
The community has lost 40 homes to a current fire, which comes on the heels of a larger one that destroyed 160 homes
The fire threatened as many as 160 homes and had scorched about 6,200 acres, fueled by high winds, parched vegetation and unrelenting heat
Officials estimate more than $750,000 was spent fighting the fire
The Texas Forest Service says the fire is about 25 percent contained and up to 400 homes are still threatened
The NWS expanded its smoke alert from New Orleans and six suburban parishes to 23 parishes, including towns 100 miles from New Orleans
Fire destroyed at least 20 homes in North Texas and about a dozen homes in Oklahoma City; more than 100 other homes threatened
The fire destroyed two homes, and residents in a 2-square-mile area were told to leave their homes
A Tulane Medical Center spokeswoman says 11 people went to the downtown emergency room for problems from breathing smoke
Fires near the reservation broke out among an area thick with Douglas firs and mixed conifers, fueling the fire to 1,800 acres and threatening people in the reservation’s Sidwalter Area
About 850 firefighting personnel were on the scene, including helicopter crews that are taking water from the nearby Merced River and dropping it on the flames
Officials said that over the years, the prison system has continually placed more dangerous prisoners in the state’s 41 fire camps