LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – After burning nearly 6000 acres of land, destroying over a dozen structures, and forcing people to evacuate, the Davis fire is now at 92% containment according to a Truckee ...

Weather officials continue to warn about extreme fire danger as a "Particularly Dangerous Situation" red flag remains in effect for Southern California. Even though the National Weather Service ...

New York, NY — (May 28, 2025) —Being exposed to lingering fine particulate matter (PM2.5) from wildfire smoke can have health effects up to three months afterwards, well beyond the couple of days that ...

FAIRFIELD (KPIX) -- Fire crews in the North Bay and East Bay were on high alert Sunday evening as a Red Flag Warning went into effect for those regions at 11 p.m. due to forecast high winds and ...

Extreme heat often brings extreme wildfires, and this year is no exception, with unprecedented heat waves fueling enormous outbreaks of fires in the western United States and Canada, as well as across ...

I first heard the term on the local evening news in fall of 2018: Meteorologist Kris Kuyper was talking about hydrophobic soils. This potentially catastrophic natural phenomenon seems counterintuitive ...