Last Labor Day, a line of cars rushed through smoke, fire looming on both sides of the road, as residents evacuated Malden and Pine City.

Thousands of wildfires ignite in the U.S. each year, and each one requires firefighters to make quick decisions, often in difficult conditions like high winds and lightning.

A town that rose and fell on the railroads, much of the evidence of Malden's brief booming period in the early 20th century was swept away by the Labor Day fire of 2020. 

Jim Jacobs lived with his wife, Joy, in Malden for 26 years. Then the fire of Labor Day 2020 threatened their future. 

The morning of Sept. 7, 2020, lived up to the red flag warning issued by the National Weather Service.

As fearful Lake Tahoe residents packed up belongings and fled a raging wildfire burning toward the California-Nevada border, some encountered an unexpected obstacle: price gouging.

Better weather on Thursday helped the battle against a huge California forest fire threatening communities around Lake Tahoe, but commanders warned firefighters to be prepared for dangers that still pose a risk.

 Firefighters reported progress Wednesday in the battle to save communities on the south end of Lake Tahoe from an approaching forest fire after the stiff winds and searing temperatures they had feared failed to materialize in the California-Nevada alpine region.

A huge firefighting force gathered Tuesday to defend Lake Tahoe from a raging wildfire that forced the evacuation of California communities on the south end of the alpine resort and put others across the state line in Nevada on notice to be ready to flee.

Authorities are dropping a murder conviction against a man who is serving a life sentence for a fire that killed five children in suburban Detroit after critical evidence that cast doubt on the case was never shared with the defense before the 2006 trial, a prosecutor said Tuesday.

An emerging wildfire north of Moscow has the city asking some residents to evacuate immediately.

A Spokane County firefighter died Thursday while responding to a reported wildland fire that turned out to be a false alarm, officials with Spokane County Fire District 9 said Monday.

People were told to flee from a long section of the Lake Tahoe shoreline Monday as a huge forest fire threatened to push into the resort region straddling California and Nevada.

Italian firefighters tackled hot spots Monday in a 20-story apartment building in Milan that was destroyed by fire but said there were no indications that anyone was missing inside, as questions arose about the cladding that witnesses said rapidly fueled the fire.

After more than half a century keeping Colfax safe, Jim Krouse died Saturday while fighting a fire. 

The fire was reported just after 1 p.m. in the 2700 block of South Bowdish Road, according to the fire department. Neighbors had noticed the smoke in the garage and were attempting to extinguish the flames using garden hoses.

Associated Press

Cody Traber was "fatally wounded" at the scene of a reported brush fire around 10 p.m., Chief Jack Cates said in a statement.