wildfire

U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested two firefighters working on the Bear Gulch Fire on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula on Wednesday, accusing them of being in the U.S. illegally.

The 2024 Retreat Fire is a tale of two fires. One side of the fire torched cliff sides and an important irrigation canal. In another spot, the forest is a mosaic of burn severity, the sign of a "good fire."

“We’re losing firefighters. The numbers are going down,” said Riston Bullock, a 13-year veteran with the Nez Perce crew. “We need people at the shop ready to go when those fires start.”

It's hotter and drier across much of the Western United States. How is that impacting fire season?

The grant will help researchers develop a wildfire simulator and a tool that predicts power outages. The tool will help them study Northwestern landscapes, characteristics of communities and ignition sources.

Sensors developed in part by Washington State University could test your smoke exposure before health problems crop up.

(Runtime 1:01)After thousands of homes were destroyed in wildfires in Los Angeles, some people in Washington state have worried about their home…

(Runtime 1:07) The small, remote town of Stehekin is hard to get to. It’s accessible only by a two-hour ferry ride from Chelan, by boat, floatplane or on…

For days, the Gwen Fire blazed across the Clearwater Canyon, destroying parts of North Idaho wine country. Rivaura Estate Vineyard and Winery sits on the…

(Runtime 4:33)Exhaustion and frustration: Ranchers in southeast Oregon are battling wildfire. Like many more rural landowners across the West, they’re…