High winds and dry conditions have significantly heightened the fire risk across Texas, prompting officials to warn of "extreme fire danger" in West Texas, stretching from the Big Bend region ...

The maps, last updated in 2011, will inform new land-use and building regulations focused on fire safety. While the new regulations may eventually lower insurance premiums for some homeowners ...

An area in Otero County is being evacuated as fire agencies respond to a vegetation fire in southern New Mexico. The ...

Blowing dust reduced visibility to near zero in some parts of New Mexico, prompting road closures. Forecasters say dangerous fire conditions will persist until Thursday.

“My first fire I helped fight was in 1966, so I know my way around. I have been in beautiful Ruidoso for about 16 years now. Everyone here just wants to ensure that the tragedy we experienced ...

SIMI VALLEY, Calif. (KABC) -- Cal Fire's fire hazard severity maps are getting a makeover, and homeowners may want to pay attention. This critical city planning resource - which is getting a major ...

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection released new fire-hazard severity maps Monday that added thousands of acres within the purview of local fire departments across ...

A helicopter makes a water drop on the Mountain fire, which burned in Santa Paula and Camarillo in November. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times) ...

Residents can now check with new Cal Fire fire hazard severity zone maps released Monday to find out. This latest batch of maps detail the severity of fire hazard by area. Hazards are rated ...

released its new fire hazard maps on Monday, including for Sacramento, detailing which areas have the highest severity for fires. The maps, created by the State Fire Marshal, show that the very ...

The Village of Ruidoso is implementing an upgraded level of fire restrictions starting at noon on Monday, March 10, the Village announced on social media. U.S. farmers react to China's retaliatory ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Seattle officials say a late Sunday fire that damaged four Tesla Cybertrucks is under investigation. The ...