Modern forests burn less, but fuel buildup increases wildfire risk, making fires more intense and dangerous for forests and ...

"For the majority of the province, in the boreal forest, conditions are looking really good for normal [or] near-normal ...

A PAPER on “Forest Fires and Weather”(Sci. Papers Inst. Phys. Chem. Res., Tokyo, vol. 18), by T. Terada and T. Utigasaki, states that the annual loss due to forest fires in Japan is second in ...

The Hughes fire, burning near Castaic Lake north of Santa Clarita, exploded to more than 10,000 acres of mostly brush in just a few hours. More than 50,000 people were under evacuation orders and ...

Munich Re MUV20.11%increase; green up pointing triangle can’t yet put a figure on the burden it will face as a result of the wildfires in California. “We have to expect that it will be a major ...

Forest fires are devastating America. I'm helping to start more of them. Puffs of smoke rose above a meadow in northeastern Washington as a small test fire danced in the grass a few feet away from me.

Fire agencies say the suppressants — most often used to fight forest fires — are an invaluable tool. But what is in them and are they safe? The fires are burning quickly through canyons and ...

As per the Forest department statistics, Odisha recorded 22,868 forest fire points last year, the lowest in last three years, and had responded to 99.86 per cent of them. The state had recorded ...

The Great Chicago Fire? Right date, wrong event. I am referring to the Peshtigo Fire, a forest fire that destroyed 1.2 million acres and more than a dozen towns in Wisconsin. A mass grave in the ...

The Prescott National Forest and Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management responded at 3 p.m., Monday Feb. 10, to a ...

Massive forest fires, allegedly started by poachers four days ago, continue to rage in Suphan Buri, with approximately 1,000 rai of forest already damaged, officials have reported. Volunteers, park ...