New U.S. plans reimagine fighting wildfires amid virus risks
New plans offer a national reimagining of how to fight wildfires amid the risk of the coronavirus spreading through crews.
Firefighting plane crashes in Australia, killing 3 Americans
New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian confirmed the crash deaths in the state's Snowy Monaro region, which came as Australia grapples with an unprecedented fire season that has left a large swath of destruction.
Australia firefighters save world’s only rare dinosaur trees
Firefighters winched from helicopters to reach the cluster of fewer than 200 Wollemi Pines in a remote gorge in the Blue Mountains a week before a massive wildlife bore down.
California evacuations lifted as wildfires become more contained
About 70 percent of the Maria wildfire near Los Angeles is contained.
A fire that burned through 58 square miles and destroyed 103 residences in southern California last week is now 83 percent contained, even as six other wildfires continue burning around the state. The NewsHour Weekend's Mori Rothman reports the toll…
In the past month alone, drones have gotten in the way of firefighters in San Bernadino County, the Plumas National Forest and, most recently, a busy highway that connects Los Angeles to Las Vegas.
Wildfires in Washington state continued to rage Sunday, burning more than 360 square miles of land so far and destroying homes and power lines in their path.
Crews Work to Save Yosemite Sequoias, Tree That Usually Thrives With Fire's Help…
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