wildfires

Sequoia National Park says lightning-sparked wildfires in the past two years have killed a minimum of nearly 10,000 giant sequoia trees in California.

Since 2009, the state has enacted a restriction on residential brush burns for two months each spring, mid-March through mid-May...

Three American crew members have died when a C-130 Hercules aerial water tanker crashed while battling wildfires in southeastern Australia. The New South Wales premier confirmed the crash deaths in the state's Snowy Monaro region as Australia attempts to deal with an unprecedented fire season that has left a large swath of destruction...

Pacific Gas & Electric says it's going forward with the second planned power shut-off this week because of growing winds and high fire danger in Northern California.

New York state officials say the risk for wildfires is up due to rising temperatures, gusty winds and low relative humidity.

When it comes to their views on climate change, Americans are looking at natural disasters and their local weather, according to a new poll.

The dead were found in burned-out cars, in the smoldering ruins of their homes, or next to their vehicles, apparently overcome by smoke and flames before they could jump in behind the wheel and escape. In some cases, there were only charred fragments of bone, so small that coroner's investigators used a wire basket to sift and sort them.

Small wildfires have broken out across New York in the past week, and state officials are warning residents to beware of dry conditions as temperatures rise.

New York State's annual ban on open burning runs from March 16-May 14 and is instrumental in curbing wildfires.

In terms of acreage consumed, the fire that started on Dec. 4 now exceeds the devastating Rim Fire in 2013 by 2,000 acres, officials said Saturday.