Administration Plans to Slash Fire Science Funding

By Randy Lee Loftis / Reveal Aug 1, 2018 Wildfires have grown larger, more intense and more unpredictable. But federal research that helps prevent and respond to them is on the chopping block. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Deadly NYC Fire Started by Child Playing With Stove

Jennifer Peltz / The Associated Press Dec 29, 2017 The blaze in a Bronx apartment building kills 12, including four children. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Thomas Fire Is Now the Largest in California History

Robert Jablon / The Associated Press Dec 23, 2017 The fire in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties had scorched 273,400 acres, or about 427 square miles of coastal foothills and national forest. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

How We Rise From Ash

Pamela Alma Weymouth / Truthdig Dec 16, 2017 One family affected by October’s Northern California wildfires is filled with hope and gratitude. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

California Braces for Second Week of Wildfires

Christopher Weber / The Associated Press Dec 11, 2017 Firefighters anticipate more danger in the southern part of the state due to continued strong wind gusts, no rain and decades-old dry vegetation. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Did an Obsolete, Poorly Maintained Power Grid Spark California Fires?

Harvey Wasserman / Truthdig Oct 17, 2017 Disasters fueled by global warming are the "new normal." Figuring out how to avoid the next one must be a top priority for all of us. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

At Least 21 Dead in Northern California Infernos [Updated]

By Brian Skoloff and Janie Har / AP Oct 11, 2017 More than 3,500 homes and businesses have been destroyed as the catastrophic blazes rage on. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Wildfire Season

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Fire May Have Damaged 1 Million Documents in a Cultural ‘Chernobyl’

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Feb 1, 2015 A fire is believed to have damaged more than 1 million historic books and papers in a Moscow library said to contain some of the richest collections of work in the Slavic language. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Some Say the World Will End in Fire:’ Climate Panel Paints Mad Max World of Famine, Fire, War

Juan Cole / Truthdig Apr 1, 2014 It is fire, i.e., massive global warming, that threatens the world as we know it. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Ending the Fire Zone Subsidy

David Sirota / Truthdig Nov 23, 2013 As the Denver Post previously reported, between 1990 and 2000, more than a third of all homes built in America were built in the so-called Wildland-Urban Interface -- aka the fire red zones. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Temperature Rise Will Fan Forest Flames

By Kieran Cooke, Climate News Network Sep 2, 2013 As firefighters in California and other states in the West continue to battle forest fires, the latest research indicates that devastating conflagrations will grow in intensity as temperatures rise. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )