Trump administration rejects, then approves, emergency aid for California fires

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Published
October 16, 2020

Trump administration rejects, then approves, emergency aid for California fires

Trump has often been belligerent toward California's Democratic-dominated state government, blaming their oversight for record-setting fires.
Published
October 1, 2020

Death toll rises in California blazes as high winds approach

California has been battered for weeks by rounds of extreme weather that state officials say have been fueled by climate change.
Published
September 19, 2020

Winds push California fire into Mojave Desert

Homes are destroyed as the Bobcat Fire, which is only 15 percent contained, grew by almost 20,000 acres.
Published
September 17, 2020

‘Nothing left in the bucket’: Wildfire resources run thin

Firefighters battling the West Coast wildfires say this year's blazes are some of the worst they have ever seen
Published
September 17, 2020

Interactive Tracker: Wildfires scorching parts of the United States

Where wildfire activity and thermal detected hot spots are found across the United States in a fully interactive map.
Published
September 15, 2020

Smoke from wildfires in the West reaches East Coast and even Europe

Plumes from deadly and record-breaking fires are being caught in the atmospheric jet stream and carried across the United States.
Published
September 10, 2020

Ten now dead in massive Northern California wildfire

Authorities announce 7 more deaths Thursday in Butte County as searchers continue looking for 16 missing people.
Published
June 23, 2020

Dry weather prompts state to suspend online burn permits

The Maine Forest Service says adequate rainfall is necessary before it will resume issuing burn permits online.
Published
June 16, 2020

Utility company confesses to killing 84 people in 2018 California fire

The blaze, ignited by Pacific Gas & Electric's crumbling electrical grid, nearly wiped out the entire town of Paradise.
Published
May 24, 2020

Several wildfires rage across Maine

They include one that destroyed a home in Embden and another that consumed an acre in Gouldsboro before firefighters prevented it from spreading to a structure.