U.S. land managers have long known that they have a problem on their hands with overgrown forests and persistent drought.

A Gold Rush-era house, called the oldest in San Ramon, has been badly damaged after catching fire Wednesday morning. The ...

OAKLAND — Mere months after dismissing criminal charges against one of the East Bay’s largest metal recyclers, Alameda County ...

Questions and finger-pointing have increased in the days since a fire at a Massachusetts assisted-living facility killed nine ...

The National Park Service is defending its handling of a lightning-sparked wildfire that destroyed the nearly century-old ...

Oakland firefighters tackled a large fire in an unoccupied Chinatown building; the cause is under investigation.

Firefighters tackled a large fire involving a pile of stacked wood in the early hours of Tuesday. The blaze covered an area ...

Oregon's Cram Fire has rapidly grown to engulf nearly 30,000 acres, prompting evacuations across multiple counties on Tuesday ...

The Grand Canyon Lodge on the North Rim was destroyed by the Dragon Bravo wildfire, which began with a lightning strike on ...

A lorry trailer, a mobile home and several outbuildings have been wrecked in a blaze in Dorset. A column of thick smoke could ...

The 100-unit assisted-living facility that burned Sunday night, killing nine people so far, opened in 1999 in Fall River, ...