Wildfires

Out-of-state crews are heading to Montana to battle a blaze that injured five firefighters as the West struggles with a series of wildfires that have ravaged rural lands and destroyed homes

Crews are making progress against the nation’s largest wildfire in Oregon even as fires in neighboring California continue to threaten homes.

Lower winds and better weather helped crews using bulldozers and helicopters battling the nation’s largest wildfire in southern Oregon while a Northern California wildfire crossed into Nevada, prompting evacuations as blazes burn across the West.

Smoke from wildfires in the western U.S. and Canada is blanketing much of the continent and reaching unhealthy levels this week in communities from Washington state to Washington D

Wildfire smoke drifting into the D.C. area has lowered the air quality and made the sky look hazy.

Wildfires in the American West, including one burning in Oregon that’s currently the largest in the U.S., are creating hazy skies as far away as New York as the massive infernos spew smoke and ash into the air in columns up to 6 miles high.

Firefighters continue to battle the Bootleg Fire just north of the California-Oregon border.

It’s not a cloudy day in the Washington, D.C. area — look up and you’ll see a layer of haze from wildfires burning out west. News4’s Amelia Draper explains the impact on our region.

The monstrous wildfire burning in Oregon has grown to one-third the size of Rhode Island and spreads miles each day, but evacuations and property losses have been minimal compared to much smaller blazes in densely populated areas of California

A rapidly growing wildfire south of Lake Tahoe forced the evacuation of a mountain town and the cancellation of an extreme bike ride through the Sierra Nevada, leaving thousands of riders and spectators stranded Saturday and rushing to flee the area.

Authorities expanded evacuations late Thursday along the eastern edge of the Bootleg Fire, currently the largest in the U.S., and worry it could merge with another blaze.

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Officials are concerned about the size and severity of the fires this early in the season.

Fierce wildfires are threatening Native American lands in the Pacific Northwest

Individual decisions like reducing your water use on your lawn or not using animal products can make a long-term difference and prevent droughts, says behavioral scientist Sweta Chakraborty.

Wildfires that have torched homes and forced thousands to evacuate are burning across 10 parched Western states, and the largest, in Oregon, is threatening California’s power supply

Firefighters are working in extreme temperatures across the U.S. West and struggling to contain wildfires, the largest burning in California and Oregon, as another heat wave baked the region, straining power grids

Officials are hunting for any missing residents of a British Columbia town destroyed by wildfire, and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau offered federal assistance

The Biden administration says it is hiring more federal firefighters — and immediately raising their pay — as officials ramp up response efforts in the face of a severe drought that’s setting the stage for another destructive summer of intense wildfires across the West

Fire risk is high right now in California with high temperatures and an accumulation of dry brush. The state is warning residents to not even mow the lawn, in case their mower hits a rock and sparks a blaze that gets out of control. NBC San Diego meteorologist Keith Bryant explains.