Wildfire News

Up to 100 fires are burning across NSW as a large swathe of the state begins a day of total fire bans.

EXTREME INCOMPETENCE: WA Coroner Alastair Hope has released a damning finding into the deaths of three truckdrivers in a bushfire at Boorabbin in 2007.

The U.S. Forest Service should change how it attacks fires in the Angeles National Forest, implementing techniques and policies more in line with the Los Angeles County Fire Department, according to a county report on the Station Fire released Tuesday night.

Extreme bushfire danger around the nation today has fire officials on high alert with record high temperatures expected.

A 25-year-old transient who was arrested on suspicion of starting one fire and questioned for possible involvement in starting the massive Station Fire has been sent to a mental institution.

Future firefighters have their work cut out for them. Perhaps nowhere does this hit home harder than in Australia, where in early 2009 a persistent drought, high winds, and record high temperatures set the stage for the worst wildfire in the country's history.

Researchers at the University of Maryland say they will use a cluster of IBM computers to analyze wildfire smoke patterns to provide real-time assessments.

NEKOOSA -- A fire that began near Nekoosa High School's nearby forest did not endanger any buildings, school and environmental officials said.

When Charlton's Nicole Anderson walked into Dudley District Court Wednesday, she probably did not expect to end up in handcuffs.

Soaring temperatures, strengthening winds and possible thunderstorms have emergency services across South Australia on high alert / File Firetrucks collide while fighting fire 'Catastrophic fire conditions' declared Adelaide swelters in 43 degrees TWO firetrucks have collided while fighting a bushfire in South Australia, as many parts of the ...

The U.S. Forest Service should allow helicopters to fight fires during darkness, a tactic that could have been used in the critical first hours of the summer's gigantic and deadly wildfire in the Angeles National Forest, a Los Angeles County Fire Department report found.

VICTORIAN firefighters face their toughest conditions since Black Saturday amid heat, dry winds and the threat of lightning strikes today.

NSW residents have been told to prepare their homes for bushfire, with sweltering heat expected to hit most of the state in coming days.

South Australia faces a second day of catastrophic bushfire danger on Thursday. Temperatures are expected to soar into the 40s across the state, with Adelaide also forecast to have a top of 43C.

Cold weather and calm winds are helping firefighters in their battle against a wildfire in southern Orange County.

Calvert City employee implicated in crimes By Misti Drew Tribune-Courier News Editor mdrew@tribunecourier.com CALVERT CITY - A brush fire that erupted behind Calvert City Elementary School has led to the arrest of a Calvert City employee and accusations that state inmates were manufacturing methamphetamine in broad daylight.

Dozens of Beaver County firefighters have been battling two large brush fires this morning.

Firefighters responded to a brush fire Monday, Nov. 16. The fire was burning along Tuckahoe Road in White Sulphur Springs.

The Alberta and federal governments hope another $25 million will help contain a massive swarm of tree-killing mountain pine beetles before they spread farther east.

Fire officials are battling 10 acre wildfire that was triggered by a tractor that crashed into a power pole near Ortega Highway.