As early as 2021, government officials were alerted to the presence of potentially dangerous chemicals known as PFAS in pants ...

The Winding Stairs Alpha Fire in Nantahala National Forest is 90% contained, with efforts bolstered by recent rainfall and ...

Firefighters are battling a blaze in the Nantahala National Forest that has grown to 100 acres, the U.S. Forest Service ...

The Winding Stairs Alpha Fire in Nantahala National Forest has grown to 230 acres with 90% containment, the U.S. Forest ...

The Wildland Fire Service also stops short of folding in wildland fire personnel or programs from the USDA’s Forest Service.

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Town and Country Fire Department has announced its receipt of a Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) grant, which will be used to support its wildland firefighting ...

FRESNO — Firefighting crews tried to corral a fast-growing blaze churning through central California’s Sierra National Forest as forecasters warned Tuesday that lightning strikes from thunderstorms ...

The firefighters were working on a spot fire in dense, 40-year-old chaparral when a sudden wind shift caused the fire to ...

This story was originally published by ProPublica. Despite the Trump administration’s public pronouncements that it has hired enough wildland firefighters, documents obtained by ProPublica show a high ...