DENALI PARK, Alaska–The Foraker Fire (#199) was discovered on June 21, 2024, via remote sensing, burning within Denali National Park and Preserve in the Foraker River drainage, which is locat…
A wildfire that quickly grew to about 350 acres is threatening the entrance to Denali National Park on the Parks Highway and has forced the evacuation of several hundred people.
Residents of a village in southern New Mexico were ordered to flee their homes without taking time to grab any belongings due to fast-moving wildfires.
Heavy rain and hail are falling around an evacuated village in New Mexico threatened by wildfires that have killed at least two people and damaged more than 1,400 structures, offering the hope of some assistance for firefighters but adding the threat of high winds and flash floods.
The blaze, named the Post Fire, burned more than 3,600 acres (5.6 square miles or 14.5 square kilometers) near the Interstate 5 freeway in Gorman, about 62 miles (100 kilometers) northwest of Los Angeles.
More than 200 firefighters were battling a wildfire northeast of Phoenix that threatened scores of homes and has forced dozens of residents to evacuate.
Air tankers and helicopters have joined nearly 200 firefighters battling a wildfire northeast of Phoenix that has forced dozens of residents to flee their homes
Scores of Greek firefighters and water-bombing aircraft have tamed a large wildfire on the fringes of Athens that forced authorities to evacuate two nearby settlements
Officials in Brazoria County are urging people to avoid the area around County Road 227 and County Road 208 as authorities respond to a large wildfire in the area.
A wind-driven wildfire burning north of Los Angeles is creating unhealthy air quality throughout Southern California after exploding in size to more than 15,000 acres.
The Oregon Department of Forestry said itâs making good progress fighting a nearly 500-acre wildfire in southern Oregon's Applegate Valley south of the community of Ruch.
Wildfire growth across the state is quickly approaching 250,000 acres, with the Globe Fire in Interior Alaska seeing rapid growth yesterday due to windy and hot weather.
Where there's smoke, there's not always fire. Wildfire smoke drifted to nearly every lake in North America for at least one day per year from 2019 to 2021, found a UC Davis study.
A wildfire burning near the entrance of Denali National Park and Preserve has forced the temporary closure of one of Alaska’s most popular tourist destinations.
Big new wildfires are challenging California firefighters even as they increase containment of earlier blazes that erupted as dry winds arrived last weekend.
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The Alaska Railroad canceled train service to the park, forcing many travelers to extend stays in Anchorage and elsewhere. Power outages and a lack of flush toilets and running water at lodges near the park added to the difficulty.
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The wildfire burning just a mile north of the entrance to Denali National Park and Preserve has now reached 388 acres and is 10% contained, according to a spokesperson with the park.
Fire crews continued to battle a raging wildfire in central Oregon that has scorched nearly 3,900 acres and has residents of over 1,000 homes on evacuation alert.
Senators Romney and Kelly (D-AZ) introduced the Enhancing Mitigation and Building Effective Resilience (EMBER) Act, comprehensive bipartisan legislation based on recommendations from the Wildfire Mitigation and Management Commission—which Senator Romney secured in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act—to help communities across the country better assess, prevent, and manage wildfires.
Authorities say a lightning strike caused the larger of two wildfires that has killed at least two people and destroyed or damaged more than 1,400 structures in New Mexico
With less precipitation than normal across much of the Great Basin in June, a prolonged heat wave, and fields of flammable grasses helped along by a wet spring, most of northern and western Nevada and portions of southern Nevada are at greater risk of widespread wildfires from July through August.
Pollution from California wildfires is estimated to have claimed more than 52,000 lives over about a decade, according to a new study published in the Science Advances.
A wildfire north of Sacramento, California, fueled by oppressively high temperatures has burned more than 2,000 acres. It's one of multiple wildfires the state is fighting. CBS News Sacramento reporter Rachel Wulff has more.
NIFA has funded — through the Rapid Response to Extreme Weather Events Across Food and Agriculture Systems program — a project that will ensure Oklahoma communities are more prepared for future wildfire disasters.