The Latest Breaking News on Wildfires

DRESSLERVILLE, Nev. — Smoke began billowing into the skies of northwestern Nevada in September, clouding the mountains, dimming the sun — and quashing residents’ hopes that they would be spared from wildfires and the awful air quality the blazes produce.

In the fall of 1922, the city of Toronto sent 85 surplus streetcars to Haileybury and other northern Ontario towns to help house thousands of desperate people who had lost their homes to wildfires.

A cordon was in place in the bustling area of the city centre

If approved the training site would be built on a 35,163 square-metre site, inclusive of a helipad.

The legacy of redlining in Fresno isn’t just linked to housing access. It also has deadly effects on air quality

Native flannel flowers have burst into bloom in huge numbers in NSW for the second year in a row — such a large display may not be seen there again for a decade.

A three storey detached home went up in flames

The Tasmanian Fire Service denies union claims that removing 22 faulty fire tankers from service will impact firefighting capacity this summer, but there are claims dozens more could be under review with the same issue.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — PG&E Corp.’s efforts to improve wildfire safety continue to run into headwinds, including aging equipment, damaged power poles and hazardous trees that went undetected by the utility’s crews, according to a consulting firm hired by California officials.

One of California’s top elected officials on Monday announced steps to limit how housing and other developments can be built in areas that are at highest risk of wildfire, a move that follows a series of deadly, destructive blazes in recent years, but also comes amid the state’s persistent housing…

The blaze tore through the first floor and roof space of the derelict building