How do wildfires grow into catastrophic events? By tracing the earliest detectable origins of the devastating 2015 equatorial ...

As the Park fire marches into history books — becoming California’s sixth largest on record — experts say it still has much life left, with several challenges hindering efforts to combat the blaze as ...

While we normally look back at major fires that occurred each month, this month we look at some historical moments in time that helped shape the U.S. Fire Service as we know it. We also look back at ...

A devastating fire broke out in a barn on the southwest side of Chicago, Illinois on this day in history on Oct. 8, 1871. Known as The Great Chicago Fire, the blaze burned through the heart of the ...

October is Fire Prevention Month, highlighted, of course, by Fire Prevention Week, which this year is Oct. 6-12. As you probably know, Fire Prevention Week is observed each year during the week of Oct ...

The rapidly spreading fire has consumed over 427,000 acres since it started burning in late July. By Kate Selig and Soumya Karlamangla The Park fire, the largest wildfire currently burning in the ...

Much of the fire-ravaged community on the island of Maui has been cleared of debris. But for a town steeped in history, there are thorny questions about what the future should look like. The Lahaina ...

A year after a wildfire killed 102 people, destroyed Lahaina and left thousands without a home, the public has yet to learn what started the fire and where it began. The Maui Department of Fire and ...