As Los Angeles faced unprecedented fires razing entire neighborhoods in late January, Latin America was not spared either. In ...

Fewer wildfires burn in North American forests today than in previous centuries, increasing the risk of more severe wildfires, according to research published in Nature Communications. The findings ...

The Trump administration has halted funding for federal programs to reduce wildfire risk in western U.S. states and has frozen hiring of seasonal firefighters as part of broad cuts to government ...

Uncertainty over funding and hiring stemming from the president’s executive orders has limited wildfire training and ...

NEBO, N.C. (WTVD) -- Thanks to rain the North Fork Fire in western North Carolina is now 60% contained at over 600 acres. According to McDowell County Emergency Management, the wildfire is burning ...

(Photo by David McNew/Getty Images) Saturday, 11:00 a.m. PSTCal Fire data reported the Palisades and Eaton fires at full containment after the blazes remained active ... in its north for water ...

North Carolina’s McDowell County, still recovering from the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene, is facing yet another natural disaster in the form of wildfires. Old Fort, a town of roughly 800 ...

A second wildfire has erupted in western North Carolina's McDowell County ... technical issue with cellular networks." "There are no active evacuation orders" related to the Crooked Creek fire ...

No injuries have been reported. The North Carolina Forest Service Wildfire Public Viewer showed that McDowell County was contending with three active wildfires Wednesday including the Crooked ...

by WLOS Staff TOPICS: OLD FORT, N.C. (WLOS) — Just a few months after the area was ravaged by Hurricane Helene, an "out of control" wildfire in the western North Carolina town of Old Fort ...

The full data is available at the North Carolina Forest Service website. Map shows active incidents in the area marked in red, with wildfires in McDowell County. Source: North Carolina Forest ...