On a windy afternoon last week, the Anchorage Fire Department's wildfire division chief stood at the edge of a parking lot off Dowling Road, looking at a blond field of dry grass, a stand of stunted ...

In 2024, Oregon had a historic wildfire season where more than 1.7 million acres burned. Gov. Tina Kotek called a special session in November 2024 to obtain funding for firefighters and vendors.

The Israeli military on Saturday issued an immediate evacuation warning to the residents of the southern neighborhoods of Khan Younis, after three rockets were launched from the area at Israeli ...

WASHINGTON, N.C. (WNCT) — A house fire at a home in Washington is under investigation. Officials said a couple, their two cats and three birds escaped the fire that began Thursday afternoon ...

Apr. 9—New state fire maps have moved many Ross residents into a greater wildfire hazard zone. The Town Council voted unanimously on Thursday to adopt an ordinance designating the fire hazard ...

Maps also consider “terrain-specific hazards, sundowner wind patterns and evacuation complexities,” fire agencies said in a joint statement Wednesday. The City of Santa Barbara will be merging ...

Evacuation orders had previously been lifted. In South Carolina, the Table Rock Fire and the Persimmon Ridge Fire were the two major wildfires in the state. The Persimmon Ridge Fire "saw only ...

The Washington State Library, which operates a reading room in Olympia and specialized branches like the Washington Talking Book and Braille Library, distributes grant money to Institutional ...

Tuesday, Marion County Fire Marshall and the state’s Bureau of Fire, Arson and Explosives searched the scene and worked to determine what caused the fire. “We’ll look at everything ...

WASHINGTON STATE — Despite experiencing near-normal rainfall this winter, ecologists are warning that many parts of Washington state are facing significant water supply issues for the upcoming ...