The Cottonwood Fire near Beaver burned more than 24,000 acres since it started Monday afternoon — an average of about 1,000 acres per hour during its first 24 h

A wildfire burning on Colorado’s Western Slope consumed hundreds of acres on Tuesday and destroyed two buildings, including a home, according to firefighting officials.

The wildfire, located east of Aragonite and south of I-80 in Tooele County, is currently mapped at 5,993 acres. Overnight winds contributed to continued extreme fire behavior, officials said, causing an estimated 2,500 acres of growth.

The Pocket Fire north of Sedona grew to more than 690 acres as of this morning. It’s 0% contained. A lot of that growth came from crews burning the forest in preparation for windy and dry weather forecast this weekend.

Hot and dry conditions have become synonymous with the risk of extreme wildfires. But a new paper argues that such conditions are not, by themselves, sufficient for blazes, and most warm years do not result in the burning of exceptionally large areas.

San Diego are demonstrating how real -time on-site intelligence can strengthen wildfire mitigation and emergency response.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — For Soldiers assigned to the Wyoming National Guard’s Training Center Command, understanding how a wildfire moves can mean the difference between a controlled response and a dangerous situation that shifts without warning. That reality ...

Ornithologists at the Natural History Museum and UCLA are studying how smoke from the January wildfires will affect the region’s birds. It’s part of a broader scientific effort to understand the impacts that this disaster of unprecedented scope will ...

A wildfire started near Hotchkiss on Thursday afternoon as officials say the blaze is currently “too intense to engage on the ground.”