The Contra Costa County Fire Protection District is rolling out a new state-of-the-art fire rig, but it won't be used to fight fires. The 2002 re-purposed fire engine will instead be used to ...

Fire ecology is the study of the role of fire in the environment, particularly how it affects ecosystems, plant and animal life, and the overall health of forests. Recent research has increasingly ...

It’s been enough of a stretch to fully include human fire practices within traditional ecology. Yet humans – the keystone species for fire on Earth – are merging the two arenas of earthly ...

Fire Country is almost back for the second half of its third season, and it's safe to say that the season has been a disappointment for nearly every main character. Bode (Max Thieriot) and ...

Contra Costa County Fire Protection District crews were doing work this week well ahead of the beginning of fire season to decrease the risk of wildfires in vegetation-dense East Bay neighborhoods.

A new brushfire that started just north of Los Angeles prompted evacuation orders and rattled the nerves of the fire-ravaged region. The Laguna Fire broke out Thursday morning near California ...

Los Angeles County was bracing itself yet again Thursday after a new fire broke out and spread to more than 10,000 acres. The Hughes Fire started at about 10:50 a.m. local time Wednesday near ...

Exhausted firefighters battling deadly infernos for weeks are now grappling with more wildfires scorching Los Angeles County – including the Hughes Fire, which has burned through more than ...

The Hughes Fire has spread to over 8,000 acres in Los Angeles County's Castaic area on Wednesday as dry vegetation and brutal Santa Ana winds continue to boost fire conditions across Southern ...

But in rare instances, terrifying tragedy can come fast. By Sophie Stuber After a deadly fire swept through a ski lodge in Turkey on Tuesday, killing at least 79 people, multiple surviving guests ...