MERCED, Calif. (KFSN) -- Researchers at UC Merced are studying in scientific detail how wildfires spread. Data continues to add up in the fight against the Oak Fire in Mariposa County. More than 30 ...

Crews fighting the Park Fire are preparing for potentially erratic and unpredictable fire behavior through the weekend as a thunderstorm makes its way into the area. Higher temperatures and low ...

SAN FRANCISCO (CNN) -- Dozens of wildfires currently blazing across the West have been exhibiting extreme fire behavior: demonstrating alarming rotational patterns and wafting smoke across the country ...

Experts say wildfire activity is becoming more extreme. That’s evident at the scene of the Dixie Fire, where the 518,000-acre blaze has generated fire whirls, lightning and a pyrocumulonimbus cloud ...

KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. — The Bootleg Fire continues to rage in Southern Oregon. It is the largest wildfire in the country and the third-largest in Oregon’s history. As of Sunday, July 24, it was burning ...

The intent of this article is to "tune-up" your understanding of wildland fire behavior. Understanding fire behavior allows for the correct selection of strategy and tactics. Similar to structural ...

MARYSVALE, Utah (KUTV) — The Silver King Fire has reached an estimated 2,830 acres -- quadrupling in size in just a few hours. Utah Fire authorities initially reported on the Silver King Fire just ...

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Some new out-of-state help has arrived to help lead the fight against two fires burning in the Ochoco National Forest. The Crazy Creek fire north of Paulina has grown to more than ...

RECENT YEARS IS UNPREDICTABLE FIRE BEHAVOIR THAT CAN SOMETIMES ERUPT INTO AN INFERNO..... THREATENING THE LIVES OF RESIDENTS AND FIREFIGHTERS ALIKE ..... OUR CHIEF METEROLOGIST LEE SOLOMON SPENT THE ...

LOS ANGELES — Two firefighters were killed Saturday in Arizona as wildfires raged through the West, threatening California's overburdened power grid during an oppressive heat wave and ongoing drought.

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