The family of a helicopter pilot who died when his helicopter crashed in 2020 while fighting a wildfire in Southern California reached a $15 million settlement with the company that maintained the aircraft, their attorneys said.
Isabella Breda - The Seattle Times May 8—CAMP CAMREC, Chelan COUNTY — The last fire to burn this forest was started by drip torches. Fingers of flame ignited the underbrush last fall, clearing fuels that could supercharge a wildfire. In a tour of the burn area last...
By JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Crews have been fighting at least 16 wildfires throughout North Dakota in the last several days, including several large fires still burning Tuesday across wooded areas and grasslands on the Turtle Mountain...
Martha Quillin - The Herald (Rock Hill, S.C.) (TNS) A wildfire in Brunswick County that started Friday, May 2, is the largest of dozens of fires crews are working to contain across North Carolina. Weekend rains helped with some of the fires, but much of the state...
Muri Assunção - New York Daily News A New Jersey teenager has been arrested in connection with a massive wildfire that has burned more than 15,000 acres in Ocean County, prosecutors announced Friday. The 17-year-old male juvenile, who hasn’t been named because of his...
BEND, Ore. (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service on Thursday is set to evict dozens of homeless people living in an encampment in a federal forest in central Oregon. The federal agency has been working for years on plans to close part of the Deschutes National Forest near...
Richard Winton - Los Angeles Times (TNS) LOS ANGELES — Flames will appear once again over Pacific Palisades this week as federal investigators conduct a controlled fire test to help determine what caused the January fire that killed a dozen people and destroyed...
Randy Krehbiel - Tulsa World, Okla. For decades, Oklahoma’s first responders have complained about their inability to communicate with each other in emergencies. The independent nature of the state’s 1,000 fire departments and the lack of overall command and...
WARETOWN, N.J. (AP) — Three-fourths of a vast wildfire in New Jersey's Pine Barrens has been contained, state officials said Monday. The state Forest Fire Service said the blaze in southern New Jersey's Ocean County had grown to nearly 24 square miles (62 square...
The Associated Press JOHNSTOWN, Neb. (AP) — A wildfire burning in a rugged, wooded area of Nebraska grew to more than 6,600 acres but by Thursday hundreds of firefighters managed to contain about 40% of the blaze. The Plum Creek Fire started Monday afternoon from a...
By MIKE CATALINI Associated Press A man set a bonfire using wooden pallets in New Jersey's Pine Barrens and left them without fully extinguishing the blaze, sparking a quick-moving wildfire with smoke affecting air quality in the New York City area, authorities said...
By BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI Associated Press CHATSWORTH, N.J. (AP) — A fast-moving wildfire engulfing part of New Jersey's Pine Barrens has not resulted in any injuries, officials said, though it's expected to grow before forecast rain later this week. The fire in southern...
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