‘Nothing left in the bucket’: West Coast wildfire resources run thin

Justin Silvera came off the fire lines in Northern California after a grueling 36 straight days battling wildfires and evacuating residents ahead of the flames.

California governor gently confronts Trump on climate change

California Gov. Gavin Newsom had President Donald Trump one-on-one on live TV Monday, a perfect opportunity to spar with Democrats’ public enemy No. 1 just 50 days before the election.

Easing wildfires not as simple as climate change vs. forest work

Scientists say wildfires are all but inevitable, and the main drivers are plants and trees drying out due to climate change and more people living closer to areas that burn. And while forest thinning and controlled burns are solutions, they have proven challenging to implement on the scale needed to combat those threats.

Satellite video shows smoke from West Coast wildfires being pulled into Pacific cyclone

In the video, taken by the GOES-WEST satellite above the Pacific Ocean, a dark grey cloud of smoke from the Western wildfires is blown over the Pacific Ocean and is swept up into the cyclone — swirling into a cyclonic low pressure system.

California wildfires raise fight over climate change ahead of Trump's visit

Trump is headed to McClellan Park, a former air base just outside Sacramento, California. California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office said he would be meeting with Trump.

‘Completely horrific’: Couple escapes Washington wildfire, but loses their 1-year-old son

Jake and Jamie Hyland are still recovering from serious injuries after the young couple were forced to race out of their Okanogan County property with their baby, due to wildfires that raged in Eastern Washington. Their baby did not survive.

August Complex Fire burning in Mendocino County now California's largest fire

In all, wildfires have burned more than 3 million acres of land in the Golden State so far this year, and fire season, typically in October, hasn't even started yet. 

Dramatic photos: California residents wake up to raining ash and smoke-filled skies

Others around the Bay Area also documented hazy horizons, red suns and gray skies -- all the result of the raging wildfires burning around California, which as of this week had scorched a record-setting 2.3 million acres of earth

Woman credited for popularizing gender reveal party concept wants people to stop

The Pasadena woman widely credited for popularizing gender reveal parties wants people to stop after learning the El Dorado fire in Yucaipa was sparked by a smoke-generating pyrotechnic device used at a gender reveal party.

'Heartbreaking destruction': A dozen large wildfires burning in Washington

The 300,000-plus acres that have burned in Washington state over the past 24 hours is more than double the total acreage that burned in the state last year. 

Over 2.2 million acres torched as California experiences record-breaking wildfire season in 2020

California is experiencing a record-breaking fire season. Fire officials said Tuesday that in 2020, wildfires have torched more than 2.2 million acres across the state, surpassing the 1.96 million acres burned in all of 2018.

Washington 'firestorm' destroys 80% of small town as wildfires rage in Pacific Northwest

Nearly every structure in a small town in eastern Washington state was destroyed in a raging wildfire on Monday as weather conditions have allowed blazes to grow across the Pacific Northwest.

Body of fallen North Texas firefighter set to return home

The body of a North Texas firefighter who died in northern California will be flown back home Wednesday.