A new prescribed burn, called Longshanks, was initiated 12:20 p.m. Nov. 8 in Placer County. The prescribed fire has been ...

A new prescribed burn, called View 88, was initiated 3:10 p.m. Nov. 12 in Amador County. The prescribed fire has been burning on federal land managed by the United States Forest Service for 24 hours.

FILE: A member of the Wolf Creek Hotshots uses a drip torch to ignite the forest floor during a prescribed burn near Sisters, ...

Areas that had multiple fires prior to 2019–20 had greater biodiversity losses when Black Summer fires hit compared to areas that had burnt once or not at all beforehand.

Prescribed, or planned, fires typically burn less intensely than wildfires and can help prevent the spread of wildfires, officials said. They also can reduce fire impacts to watersheds. Before ...

WHAT: Approximately 30 acres will be burned. A mixture of grassland and coastal sage scrub will be burned. WHEN: November 13-14, ...

VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. – The Vandenberg SFB Fire Department has been scheduled to conduct a prescribed burn at Purisima Point Beach on Vandenberg by the end of November 2024.

A storm expected to move into the region Wednesday has prompted NV Energy to issue a Public Safety Outage Management (PSOM) Watch for southwest Carson City to Genoa and the Virginia City Highlands.

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Global warming and other human-caused changes are driving more frequent and severe bushfires around the world. In the past 20 ...

To make matters worse, recent data reveals that human-triggered fires are often more destructive and harder to contain than ...

In the wake of a tragic accident in Dehradun that claimed six lives, local authorities are intensifying inspections on ...