California's largest wildfire explodes in size as fires rage across US West

California’s largest active fire has exploded in size, growing rapidly amid bone-dry fuel and threatening thousands of homes as firefighters scramble to meet the danger ... Read More

Fierce wildfires force thousands to evacuate in California, Canada

Raging wildfires and their associated smoke plumes are plaguing parts of the western U.S. and Canada, with hasty evacuations underway in some communities. Threat level: Extreme heat and dry conditions ... Read More

Man arrested in connection with California wildfire that has burned more than 160,000 acres

As a California wildland fire exploded overnight into the state's largest blaze this wildfire season, another blaze on the Oregon-Idaho border was out of control. Read More

California’s largest wildfire doubles in size and destroys scores of buildings

The growth of the Park fire over two days amid steady winds and hot temperatures has been dramatic, with its remote location making it difficult to fight. Read More

Scores of wildfires are scorching swaths of the US and Canada. Here's the latest on some of them

Scores of wildfires across the United States and Canada have scorched swaths of land in California, Oregon, Idaho, Alberta and beyond, forcing evacuations and road closures, as well as destroying ... Read More

Nation’s largest private landowner to close public access to California lands due to wildfire risk

(FOX40.COM) — The largest landowner in the United States is closing its land in California to the public due to increasing ... weather forecasts improve.” For much of the year, SPI’s vast ... Read More

A man is under arrest on suspicion of starting a California wildfire, prosecutor says

THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below. BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Rapidly growing wildfires prompted evacuations in Northern and Southern California ... Weather Service in Boise ... Read More

California reports first wildfire death of the 2024 season as fires persist across the West

In eastern California and Nevada, the parched conditions also prompted officials to increase staffing ... were blocked by fire crews. More than 78 million people around the U.S. remained under ... Read More

Arizona wildfire advances after forcing evacuations near Phoenix

Fire weather days have increased in Western U.S. over the last 50 years, with some of the largest jumps in California, according to a new report by Climate Central, a nonprofit news outlet that ... Read More

A 2024 guide for how to prepare for wildfires in California

You can also follow us on social media, as we livestream much of our aerial fire coverage from LiveCopter 3.Here's what you ... throughout Northern California.The KCRA 3 weather team often uses ... Read More

A massive N.J. wildfire is nearly contained. Here’s what to know about wildfire smoke

suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to ... months, wildfire weather forecasts show above-normal fire weather severity over much of Canada and above-normal wildland fire ... Read More