Rains Aid in Battling Ponderosa Pine Fire Near Flagstaff, Arizona
PHOENIX, Ariz. — Flames raged mostly unchecked for a third day through America’s largest ponderosa pine forest, threatening thousands of residents in and around Flagstaff, Arizona, but firefighters...
View ArticleFire No Longer Threatens Key Idaho Nuclear Facilities
BOISE, Idaho — The nation’s primary nuclear research facility planned to go back to regular operations on Thursday after a change in wind direction pushed a wildfire away from the sprawling site in...
View ArticleExxon Faces Lawsuit Over Air Pollution from Petrochemical Fire
HOUSTON — Exxon Mobil Corp was hit with a lawsuit on Thursday over pollution from a fire at the company’s Baytown Olefins Plant, according to an attorney for Harris County, Texas, which filed the suit....
View ArticleGlobal Warming Brings Wildfire Risk to Rainy Northwest
ISSAQUAH, Wash. — Nestled in the foothills of Washington’s Cascade Mountains, the bustling Seattle suburb of Issaquah seems an unlikely candidate for anxiety over wildfires. The region, famous for its...
View ArticleAlaska Wildfire Destroys 51 Homes, 3 Businesses
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A wildfire burning north of Anchorage, Alaska, has destroyed 51 homes and three businesses, officials said Friday. Another 84 buildings between the communities of Willow and...
View ArticleAfter Years of Fiery Hell, California Gets Less of a Scorching in 2019
Mother Nature has given a bit of a break to California during the 2019 wildfire season, but firefighters say the threat remains in force. Only about 163,000 acres have burned this year, a fraction of...
View ArticleUndisclosed Settlement Reached Over Deadly Honolulu Fire
HONOLULU — Plaintiffs and defendants reached a settlement over a deadly Honolulu high-rise fire, although the amounts to be paid by insurance companies remains confidential, attorneys said. A...
View ArticleSewer Blockage Pushes Waste into 300 New York City Homes
NEW YORK — A blocked sewer main flooded basements Saturday with brown filth and left residents in the neighborhood near New York City’s Kennedy Airport feeling sickened by the stench. A water condition...
View ArticlePublic Lands Commissioner Proposes Fund to Fight Wildfires
SPOKANE, Wash. — The state’s commissioner of Public Lands released a proposal Monday to raise some $63 million each year to fight wildfires and take steps to prevent them in the first place. Money for...
View ArticleThere’s a 60,000-Year-Old Way to Help Stop Australia Burning
Australia’s indigenous people say the bushfire-ravaged country is paying the price for ignoring their expertise in managing the ecology of the world’s-driest inhabited continent. The fires have already...
View ArticleFire Damages Home of Man Who Helped Create American Football
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — A fire on Christmas morning heavily damaged the historic home of Walter Camp, a Connecticut man credited with developing American football. Firefighters in New Haven said the fire...
View ArticleAustralia Wildfires Trigger Exodus as Navy Joins Rescue Effort
Australia’s navy rushed to rescue thousands of holiday-makers from a wildfire-ravaged coastal community while many more struggled to escape endangered towns by road before extreme weather triggers...
View ArticleLos Angeles High-Rise that Caught Fire Lacked Sprinklers
LOS ANGELES — A 25-story West Los Angeles apartment tower that caught fire, forcing firefighters to pluck stranded people from the rooftop and a ledge, had no sprinklers even though the same building...
View ArticleChina Wildfire Provokes Public Anger as 19 Emergency Workers Die
Eighteen firefighters and a forest guide died this week battling a wildfire in southwest China that has spread over more than 1,000 hectares (2,471 acres), prompting criticism on social media that the...
View ArticleCalifornia Virus War Slams Into Its Other Crisis: Wildfires
A crisis California didn’t foresee — the Covid-19 pandemic — is complicating preparations for one that arrives with a vengeance every year. With wildfire season on the horizon, state officials have...
View ArticleFirefighters Continue Battling Fires in Florida Panhandle
MILTON, Fla. (AP) _ For two sleepless nights, Kelly Kniss had wondered what had become of her home in the Florida Panhandle and the two dozen hens she and her husband Ryan had left behind after...
View ArticlePandemic Stands to Complicate Potentially Bad Fire Season
DURANGO, Colo. — As if Southwest Colorado’s extreme drought wasn’t enough to raise concerns about a potentially destructive wildfire season, the added complications of the coronavirus have only fueled...
View ArticleProbe Into LA Explosion Begins as Firefighters Recover
LOS ANGELES — Investigators on Monday began combing the wreckage of a fire and explosion at a downtown Los Angeles vape and marijuana accessories wholesaler to determine its cause as 12 injured...
View ArticleSome Residents of Queen Valley Evacuated by Growing Wildfire
QUEEN VALLEY, Ariz. — An evacuation order was issued Tuesday for some residents of Queen Valley east of Phoenix as crews continued to battle a lightning-caused wildfire. Tonto National Forest officials...
View ArticleThousands Fight Wildfires in National Forests Across Arizona
PHOENIX — More than 2,000 firefighters on Saturday battled three major wildfires burning in forested mountains and desert hills in national forests across Arizona. Crews fought fires in the Santa...
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