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17 stories from Planck Standard. Latest: September 3, 2026.
The blaze in Palo Pinto and Jack counties started August 24 as an estimated 25 acres. The National Weather Service now calls it the second-largest wildfire in North Texas history.
More than 20,000 people fled British Columbia's Okanagan Valley overnight as the Bald Range fire crossed toward Highway 97, burning homes in its path.
About 850 buildings are gone and 67,000 people are still out of their homes. The Spokane County sheriff says the evacuation zones are not coming down 'for many, many more days.'
Aaron Farinacci, 37, was booked on suspicion of first-degree arson and held on $1 million bond after a witness reported seeing him kneeling in the grass where the Old Trails Fire began.
Three fires burning around Washington's second-largest city have scorched more than eight square miles with zero containment, and forecasters warn the coming days could bring extreme fire behavior.
The Woodside Fire broke out Thursday afternoon inside Salt Point State Park and pushed smoke into the North Bay at levels EPA monitors rated up to four times the hazardous threshold.
A UC Davis analysis of 26,400 trees across 19 groves found prescribed burns cut sequoia mortality by 77% in the Castle and KNP Complex fires — and could have saved 3,900 more trees.
Nathan Matthews, 43, of Lincoln, Nebraska, died Friday of burn injuries suffered on June 27, when his crew deployed emergency shelters as flames closed every escape route in Mesa County.
A fast-moving blaze near Bordeaux emptied one of France's most fashionable summer retreats, with hundreds of vacationers ferried to safety by boat as Europe bakes in another heat wave.
A barrage of nearly 9,000 dry-lightning strikes touched off scores of fires in a matter of days, pushing the Northwest to the nation's highest preparedness level as flames destroyed homes and choked the sky with smoke.
A federal jury could not agree on whether Jonathan Rinderknecht sparked the blaze that killed 12 people and leveled thousands of homes. Prosecutors say they will retry him in October.
Victims were found in burnt-out cars as they tried to outrun flames that swept through the Andalusian countryside during a punishing heatwave.
The Aspen Acres Fire has forced 11,000 people from their homes and destroyed 180 structures, while a punishing heat dome that spawned deadly storms has stretched extreme-weather advisories from Alaska to the East Coast.
The fast-moving blaze southwest of Pueblo has destroyed at least 180 structures and remains uncontained as shifting winds drive flames toward mountain towns.
WatchThe largest wildfire burning in the United States has forced the evacuation of the entire town of Eureka and damaged a ski resort as crews battle single-digit humidity and 45 mph winds.
A tractor strike on rock sparked the brush fire about 41 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles Monday morning, drawing 500 firefighters, five helicopters and three air tankers as Santa Ana winds spread the flames toward homes.
The fire covered more than 100 miles in a single day. Combined with four other simultaneous blazes, over 876,000 acres have burned across the western Nebraska Panhandle and Sand Hills.