Aug 22 Watch 3:32 More firefighters battle growing California blazes With more than 550 fires burning across California, three clusters of fires in Northern California are causing the most damage. So far, more than 900,000 acres have been scorched and more than 100,000 people are under evacuation orders. In some… Continue watching
Aug 22 Reinforcements arriving to help in deadly California fires By Olga R. Rodriguez, Janie Har, Associated Press Firefighters and aircraft from 10 states began arriving in California Friday to help weary crews battling some of the largest blazes in state history as weekend weather threatened to renew the advance of flames that have killed six people and… Continue reading
Aug 20 COVID plans put to test as firefighters crowd camps for peak wildfire season By Matt Volz, Kaiser Health News Thousands of firefighters from across the U.S. have converged on the West as the wildfire season enters its peak. Continue reading
May 17 11 Los Angeles firefighters hurt while running from blast By Stefanie Dazio, Frank Baker, Associated Press An explosion Saturday at a hash oil manufacturer in downtown Los Angeles injured 11 firefighters who had gone inside and on the roof to try to knock down a fire and then had to run for their lives when a… Continue reading
May 11 New U.S. plans reimagine fighting wildfires amid virus risks By Rebecca Boone, Associated Press New plans offer a national reimagining of how to fight wildfires amid the risk of the coronavirus spreading through crews. Continue reading
Jan 23 Firefighting plane crashes in Australia, killing 3 Americans By Rod McGuirk, Associated Press 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. Continue reading
Jan 16 Australia firefighters save world's only rare dinosaur trees By Rod McGuirk, Associated Press 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. Continue reading
Nov 04 California evacuations lifted as wildfires become more contained By Christopher Weber, Associated Press About 70 percent of the Maria wildfire near Los Angeles is contained. Continue reading
Aug 21 Watch California wildfires take a toll on firefighters By Mori Rothman, Hannah Yi 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… Continue watching
Jul 19 Consumer drones interfere with CA firefighting efforts By Kenzi Abou-Sabe 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. Continue reading