MALIBU, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters battled a wildfire early Tuesday in Malibu that prompted evacuations near Pepperdine University, where students sheltering at the school's library watched as the fire intensified and the sky turn deep red. “Just seeing the flames...
Federal Wildland Firefighters Face up to $20,000 Pay Cut if Congress Doesn’t Act
Robin Verble, Missouri University of Science and Technology (THE CONVERSATION) As cool weather arrives and the number of U.S. wildfires declines, wildland firefighters who have spent months working in the heat and smoke are able to take a much-needed break. But for...
Second Teen Charged in NJ Forest Fire
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press A second teenager was charged with intentionally setting a wildfire in a New Jersey suburb of Philadelphia as “significant” rainfall was expected to help douse a stubborn wildfire burning on the New Jersey-New York border Wednesday....
The U.S. Forest Service Has Released a Controversial Proposal To Fight Wildfires in OR and CA
By Associated Press Fast Company Fast Company Magazine U.S. officials would allow increased logging on federal lands across the Pacific Northwest in the name of fighting wildfires and boosting rural economies under proposed changes to a sweeping forest management plan...
Dozens of Fires Still Burn in US Northeast but CA Fires Under Control
By BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI Associated Press The Northeast kept a wary eye on dozens of fires that killed at least one person and continued to burn Tuesday amid bone-dry weather, while much larger and more destructive fires came under relative control in California....
NY Parks Dept. Worker, 18, Dies Battling Wildfire in Hudson Valley
Joseph Wilkinson New York Daily News (TNS) A teenager employed by New York’s state parks department died while fighting a wildfire near the New Jersey border in Orange County on Saturday. Dariel Vasquez, 18, was killed when a tree fell on him while he was battling a...
Forest Service Halts CA Prescribed Burns
Jackson Guilfoil - Times-Standard, Eureka, Calif. Last Tuesday, the U.S. Forest Service halted all its prescribed burns in California right as the wet season was set to begin. Citing the need to keep as many staff members and firefighting equipment on hand in the...
Crews Fought Large Brush Fire in MA; One Person Found Dead in Separate Outdoor Fire
SALEM, Mass. (AP) — A woman died in an outdoor fire at an encampment in Millbury on Saturday night and crews on Sunday were still fighting a large overnight brush fire in Salem as dry and windy conditions have raised the risk of wildfires in southern New England. When...
Deadly Maui (HI) Fire Erupted From Earlier Fire Believed To Have Been Extinguished, Investigation Finds
By REBECCA BOONE, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — The wildfire that killed at least 102 people on Maui last year erupted from an earlier brushfire, sparked by downed power lines, that firefighters believed they had...
At Least 15 Dead Since July and Thousands of Acres Scorched as Wildfires Sweep Peru
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Wildfires in Peru have left at least 15 dead since July and more than 3,000 hectares (7,400 acres) of cultivated land and natural areas scorched, authorities said Monday. Prime Minister Gustavo Adrianzén told reporters that the fires were started by...
Wildfires in Portugal Kill Four Firefighters
By HELENA ALVES and JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Five thousand firefighters struggled Tuesday to contain multiple wildfires raging across northern Portugal that are blamed for causing at least six deaths including four firefighters and...
Fast-Moving Airport Fire in Orange County (CA) Continues To Grow — Now at 8,500 Acres
Nathaniel Percy - The Orange County Register The fast moving Airport fire, which broke out in Trabuco Canyon near Rancho Santa Margarita Monday afternoon, Sept. 9, swelled to more than 8,500 acres overnight, according to Cal Fire. See also: This map shows the location...