Forest fires ... with a lot of dense vegetation that, under ideal circumstances, would have been managed and removed, thus supplying a lot of material that can catch on fire," Coates said.

The three areas impacted by the raging wildfires have one thing in common: They sit at the edges of mountain regions the ...

New personnel brought together 247 crew members to contain the Horton Fire that has spread through 1,124 acres of Arizona forest, as of Dec. 31.

Dense smoke from the fire made driving through ... In 2017, helicopters helping to tackle a fire in the same forest were hampered by a drone taking pictures of the blaze. The pilot of that ...

The risk of forest fires in Canada, Alaska and Siberia will increase in the coming decades due to climate change, researchers ...

A Bihar family's Goa trip took a terrifying turn when Google Maps led them astray into Karnataka's Shiroli forest. Stranded overnight, they were rescued by Khanapur police after calling for help.

Forest crew fighting a fire. University of Montana Library Nearly ... They also used prescribed burnings to thin out potential fuel sources -- like dense, dry underbrush -- in order to prevent ...

Most climate scientists are certain that global warming has played a critical role in the California wildfires, despite ...