Residents and business owners in Gatlinburg, Tennessee got their first look at the wildfire destruction on Friday, and many walked around the once-bustling tourist city in a daze, sobbing. They hugged ...

One option to reduce wildfire damage is home hardening, which describes a variety of structural modifications that homeowners can use to make their houses less susceptible to fire. These include using ...

Bright flecks of burning wood stream through the smoky air and toward a hapless house. Before the one-story structure, the glowing specks, each merely centimeters in size, seem insignificant. But each ...

At the beginning of this year, the city of Los Angeles faced the most destructive series of wildfires in its history. As wildfire season grows longer and more intense, communities across the country ...

Firefighters watch a controlled burn within the Grizzly Creek Fire in Colorado. The fire has burned more than 30,000 acres near Glenwood Canyon. The charred hillsides pose a flood risk for nearby ...

Wildfires are a natural part of the ecosystem and are, in themselves, nothing new. But the massive wildfire destruction we are currently experiencing is a relatively new phenomenon, and one that is ...

As of Thursday at 10:17 a.m., a total of 13,790 acres had burned with just 15% contained. Evacuation shelters are open for residents and their domestic pets at Bret Harte High School and the Sonora ...