SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) – Crews have successfully dug a containment line around a brush fire in northern Scottsdale that has burned 3.9 square miles (10 square kilometers) and threatened about 100 homes, authorities said Wednesday. Fire officials said 1,145 people …
BOISE, Idaho — Firefighters are trying to stop a wildfire from reaching a popular hot springs resort area with buildings dating to the late 1800s. Fire spokesman Jim Mackensen said Wednesday that nine fire engines are positioned at Burgdorf Hot …
Thousands of residents and visitors on Hawaii’s Maui Island were ordered to evacuate two communities on Thursday as a spreading wildfire sent smoke billowing high into the sky, officials and local media said. The 3,000 acre brush fire in Maui’s …
LOS ANGELES — A brush fire raging along a Southern California riverbed prompted the evacuation of two nearby amusement parks on Sunday, but no homes were threatened and no serious injuries were reported, authorities said. The blaze erupted at about …
At least 126,000 acres have burned in wildfires across Florida since January, surpassing the five-year average of acreage burned in a typical year, officials said. Florida’s fire season peaks this month, during the driest part of the year in the …
As the Northwest braces for what’s expected to be one of the driest summers on record, the latest poll from Seattle-based PEMCO Insurance warns that at least one in three residents who live in the region’s most at-risk areas for …
Authorities suspect they’ve found the cause of a wildfire that burned nearly 150 buildings last summer in San Diego County. U-T San Diego says a state Cal Fire report concludes that the Chariot fire most likely started when a federal …
A brush fire was sparked Sunday near , Ore., by a squirrel that was electrocuted by touching power lines. The fire burned some trees and melted some plastic parts on a nearby camping trailer. KTVZ reports it’s the second squirrel-related …
Firefighters continue to mop up hot spots in a Florida county after lightning caused a 200-acre brush fire that damaged four homes. An investigation found that Sunday’s fire started when lightning struck a tree in thick woods at St. Lucie …
Authorities say 10 homes are among two dozen structures burned by a brush fire in Florida’s Ocala National Forest. U.S., state and Marion County firefighters have been working to contain the blaze since Saturday over an area more than 1,900 …