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Fire Details 200,000 hectares are burning (as of May 7 at midnight MT) A total of 49 wildfires are burning, with seven considered out of control, 12 being held, 23 under control, ...

Fire forecasters say Hawaii, Alaska and the Southwest will face an increased threat of wildfires this summer.The National ...

California officials are considering allowing inmates with violent backgrounds to work outside prison walls fighting wildfires, and the ...

Ranch managers Don and Martha Grimm barely escaped with only the clothes they were wearing as a destructive, ...

Some 400 homes were among the hundreds of structures destroyed as fast-moving wildfires raged through communities in Northern ...

Firefighter Stephanie Preheim had only just arrived at the storage facility she was assigned to protect from a ...

Firefighters were holding their own against the largest wildfire on record in Washington state, even as rising temperatures ...

Wildfires rampaged across the drought-choked West on Thursday as authorities scrambled for resources to beat back the flames

Firefighters battling a wind-stoked blaze that has forced evacuations gained ground even as the blaze burned through bone-dry ...

A Northern California blaze more than doubled in size overnight despite an increase in humidity and cooler temperatures

Firefighters are reporting some progress against a Northern California wildfire that has charred more than 100 square miles ...

Activists on Thursday urged Uganda's government to reverse a decision to open for oil drilling a wildlife park ...

Several wildfires lit up Washington state on Tuesday, closing freeways, including a major east-west artery, destroying at least ...

More evacuees were riding on buses or heading home in their own vehicles Wednesday after emergency officials determined ...

A wildfire fueled by high temps and strong winds roared into a central Washington neighborhood, forcing more than ...

Wildfires are sweeping through several dry Western states, including a blaze that forced hundreds to evacuate in California

Despite a wet spring, the Obama administration warned Tuesday that this summer's wildfires could drain the federal firefighting ...

City officials accepted a $4 million federal grant to chop down trees in the ritzy Oakland hills, a ...

Wildfires in California emit more greenhouse gas than previously believed.

Forest managers say prescribed burns every few years could help prevent costly wildfires and control disease. But hurdles ...

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Several wildfire experts and government officials spoke about the current expectations for wildfires and a new homeowner guide ...

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Maps showing the wildfires burning in New Mexico, Colorado, California, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Idaho, and Arizona.

LINK: Photos of the fires LINK: Maps of the many wildfires burning Latest numbers (as of 8:09 p.m. ...

Violent spring weather has caused devastation across the United States in recent weeks. Though meteorologists say the saw ...

Firefighting teams battle wildfires in California and New Mexico this weekend, not the first spring wildfires to rage ...