Hawaii’s electric utility did not respond quickly to the first alerts of its power lines breaking before the deadly Maui fire last August, according to a new timeline report by the Hawaii attorney general’s office, a lapse that experts say may have contributed to the deadliest fire in U.S. history.
The Smokehouse Creek Fire that burned through more than 1 million acres in the Texas Panhandle is completely contained after a nearly three-week battle.
Massive wildfires sparked by power lines used to be a California problem, one many utility executives considered safely confined to the Golden State. No more.
Wildfires continued to engulf the Texas Panhandle and parts of Oklahoma on Friday as officials were concerned warming temperatures and growing winds may elevate fire conditions going into the weekend.
Multiple wildfires scorching the Texas Panhandle had merged as of Thursday morning, creating the largest wildfire in state history at more than one million acres burned.
Days after devastating wildfires ripped through Chile's Pacific Coast, ravaging entire neighborhoods and trapping people fleeing in cars, officials said Sunday that at least 112 people had been killed and hundreds remained missing and warned that the number of dead could rise sharply.
BOGOTÁ, Colombia – Helicopters hauling buckets of water fly toward the mountains where fires burn, a thick haze periodically covers the sky, and residents have been ordered to wear masks and limit driving because of the poor air quality.
When a firestorm consumed the Hawaii town of Lahaina last year, killing 100 people, it left behind a toxic wasteland of melted batteries, charred propane tanks, and miles of debris tainted by arsenic and lead.
WASHINGTON – Two of Washington’s congressional delegation sent a letter to President Joe Biden on Monday asking for an update on potential aid for the victims of two wildfires that destroyed hundreds of Spokane County homes in August.
