Jul 27 Watch 2:07 Uniquely challenging West U.S. wildfires usher in a ‘new era of firefighting’ By Stephanie Sy Firefighters in parts of the western U.S. were hoping for help from cooler weather Tuesday, but there's still no end in sight to a plague of wildfires — including one in Northern California that keeps growing. Stephanie Sy reports. Continue watching
Jul 27 Western wildfire battles aided by weather but losses grow By Associated Press In southern Oregon, improved weather is helping the fight against the massive Bootleg Fire, but new damage assessments show 161 residences have been destroyed. Continue reading
Jul 25 Watch Most fire victims are still waiting to be paid by PG&E’s Fire Victim Fund, investigation finds By PBS NewsHour As the Dixie fire ravages northern California, Pacific Gas and Electric has admitted that its equipment could have sparked it. The utility company has sparked fires before, including the deadly Camp fire in 2018. As it emerged from bankruptcy last… Continue watching
Jul 24 Wildfires blasting through West draw states to lend support By Nathan Howard, Associated Press Out-of-state crews headed to Montana Saturday to battle a blaze that injured five firefighters as the West struggled with a series of fires that have ravaged rural lands and destroyed homes. Continue reading
Jul 23 Crews make progress on huge Oregon blaze amid Western wildfires By Nathan Howard, Associated Press The Bootleg Fire, which has scorched an area half the size of Rhode Island, is 40% surrounded after burning some 70 homes. Fire officials say they've surrounded much of the bottom half. Continue reading
Jul 20 Watch 5:08 West U.S. wildfires are so extreme that they’re creating lightning, fire whirls By William Brangham, Courtney Norris More than 80 large fires are burning in 13 states across the U.S. currently, impacting nearly 1.3 million acres. One of the worst remains in Southern Oregon — the Bootleg Fire. It has been burning for two weeks and has… Continue watching
Jul 20 Watch 8:43 Californians scramble for fresh water as taps, wells run dry By William Brangham, Sam Lane, Lena I. Jackson The severe drought across the Western U.S. is already causing long term problems, exacerbated by the warming atmosphere driven by climate change. As William Brangham reports from California’s San Joaquin Valley, the demand for water has threatened the drinking supply… Continue watching
Jul 18 Huge Oregon blaze grows as wildfires burn across western US By Associated Press The largest wildfire in the U.S. torched more dry forest landscape in Oregon on Sunday, one of dozens of major blazes burning across the West as critically dangerous fire weather loomed in the coming days. Continue reading
Jul 16 Watch 3:49 News Wrap: Fire crews pull away from Oregon Bootleg Fire over safety concerns In our news wrap Friday, Oregon's Bootleg Fire — the largest of dozens of wildfires now burning in the U.S.— became so intense that fire crews had to pull back overnight for their own safety. Russia warned that the U.S. Continue watching
Jul 16 Largest wildfire in Oregon expands further; new evacuations By Gillian Flaccus, Associated Press Firefighters scrambled on Friday to control a raging inferno in southeastern Oregon that’s spreading miles a day in windy conditions, one of numerous conflagrations across the U.S. West that are straining resources. Continue reading