A study published in PNAS Nexus shows that there are almost twice as many risky days for large human-caused fires in the ...

A report from the NWS San Francisco CA was issued on Tuesday at 3:46 p.m. for strong thunderstorms until 4:15 p.m. The alert ...

Salt River Project, with aid from corporate, government and nonprofit partners, is thinning Arizona forests to prevent wildfires and save water.

Forest fires have traditionally been classified ... Where fires occur frequently from lightning, nature is prepared. The dominant plants are fire-resistant or even fire dependent.

PAYSON — When lightning ignited chaparral and ponderosa pine litter to form the West Fire one night in late August, U.S. Forest Service fire managers knew they had some room to let it run.