Wildfires

Air quality is unhealthy for everyone in parts of the DMV, thanks to a wildfire burning west of Atlantic City in New Jersey. News4’s Amelia Draper explains.

The fires in Canada have been burning mostly in the province of Alberta, where thousands of residents have evacuated and regional officials have issued state of emergency alerts.

Storm Team4 Meteorologists share why Wednesday and Thursday had smoky golden hours.

The fires in 2020 killed nine people, burned more than 1,875 square miles (4,856 square kilometers) in Oregon and destroyed upward of 5,000 homes and structures.

A legal dispute in Montana could drastically curb the government’s use of aerial fire retardant to combat wildfires.

The most likely explanation, according to the National Weather Service, is a wildfire in North Carolina. News4 Meteorologist Amelia Draper explains.

Residents around the DMV are noticing a strange burning smell in the region. The odor had people wondering if there was a fire in D.C. or Northern Virginia — but the smoke came from much farther away.

Firefighters are putting out the remnants of two wildfires on a Sicilian island that forced fashion designer Giorgio Armani and dozens more to flee vacation villas overnight.

Dozens of firefighters are battling a large wildfire in a rural area of Hawaii’s Big Island. No homes are threatened. Gusts and arid conditions are making it difficult to contain the blaze. The fire started in the western reaches of the U.S. Army’s Pohakuloa Training Area, which is above the town of Waikoloa and between Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea...

Firefighters say they’re making progress as they battle California’s largest and deadliest wildfire of the year. The McKinney Fire in Northern California grew very little on Tuesday, although it remains out of control. The blaze that began last Friday has virtually wiped out the tiny hamlet of Klamath River and at least four people are confirmed dead. Thousands also remain...

Deputies found a jar of marijuana in his belongings, but he didn’t appear to be high, they said.

Two bodies were found inside a charred vehicle in a driveway in the wildfire zone of a raging California blaze that is among several burning in the western U.S. amid hot, dry and gusty conditions that boost the danger that the fires will keep growing, officials said Monday.

The House has approved wide-ranging legislation aimed at helping communities in the West cope with increasingly severe wildfires and drought — fueled by climate change — that have caused billions of dollars of damage to homes and businesses in recent years. The measure combines 49 separate bills and would increase firefighter pay and benefits; boost resiliency and mitigation projects for...

Firefighters are battling a blaze in central California which has already burned nearly 17,000 acres and was only 10% contained as of Monday morning.

Alaska is burning this year in ways rarely or ever seen. So far this year more than 530 wildfires have burned an area the size of Connecticut and the typically worst of the fire season lays ahead.

Major wildfires in Europe are starting earlier in the year, becoming more frequent, doing more damage and getting harder to stop.

Firefighters battled wildfires raging out of control in Spain and France, including one whose flames reached two popular Atlantic beaches.

Fires are threatening some of the oldest trees in the U.S., the National Building Museum has transformed into a playhouse to
show “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” and News4’s Eun Yang tries out a new fast-casual restaurant in Maryland that’s showcasing West African food.

The Calf Canyon/Hermits Creek fire has burned more than 341,000 acres and destroyed hundreds of homes in New Mexico.

President Joe Biden has signed off on giving federal wildland firefighters a hefty raise for the next two fiscal years. The move announced Tuesday affects more than 16,000 firefighters and comes as much of the West braces for a difficult wildfire season. Pay raises for the federal firefighters had been included in last year’s $1 trillion infrastructure bill, but they...