Just days into summer, Tasmania is battling bushfires and their presence can be linked back to a rare spike in temperatures ...

Wildfires pose a significant threat across the southwestern United States, due to the region's unique topography and weather ...

A fire broke out Friday afternoon at a residential building near O'Hare Airport, sending a large amount of smoke into the air. Chicago firefighters were battling the flames.

GREENVILLE, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - Two more western North Carolina counties issued bans on outdoor open burning on Tuesday. Yancey and Mitchell Counties’ burn bans were issued one day after Buncombe ...

BUNCOMBE COUNTY, N.C. (FOX Carolina) - North Carolina officials have reported two fires in the western region of the state. On Sunday, North Carolina Forest Service issued a red flag warning for the ...

Western Maryland has welcomed its first accelerant detection K-9 in more than 20 years. K-9 Quinn and his handler, Senior Deputy State Fire Marshal Adam Rounds, graduated Nov. 7 from the Bureau of ...

Editor’s note: Read an updated story about the fire here. A three-alarm fire ripped through an off-campus apartment complex near the University of Massachusetts Amherst late Friday night, according to ...

The Buncombe County Fire Marshal has discouraged open burning due to high-risk weather conditions. Gusty winds and low humidity have increased the danger of fires, especially between 11 a.m. and 7 p.m ...

A professor in the University of Wyoming Department of Botany and director of the Global Vegetation Project recently received a new grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to investigate how ...

A spot fire burns along Dinkey Creek Road as the Garnet Fire burns in the Sierra National Forest southeast of Shaver Lake Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025. The lightning-caused fire which began Aug. 24 was ...