The past several years have been marked by an increase in the frequency and severity of wildfires in the western United ...

These fires, which include the second- third- and fourth-largest California has seen in recorded history, have sent enough smoke into the air to create a belt of smoke about 4,000 feet thick. It ...

J.C. Chancellor was traveling south on the 5 Freeway Wednesday in northern Los Angeles County Wednesday morning when she noticed an ominous cloud of dark smoke billowing in the distance. About 15 ...

Douglas McIntyre, Editor-in-Chief at Climate Crisis 24/7, shares findings from a new study reported by Futurity that suggest Canadian wildfires may paradoxically help slow global warming in the next ...

Scientists on a research boat dozens of miles from the California coast saw ash and smoke from the L.A. wildfires — and fear their hazards will persist in the ocean.

Smoke from fires burning throughout Northern California are covering the Redding area and other parts of the northern Sacramento Valley. The sky over Redding was yellowish on Monday morning, and ...

Fire whirls are small rotating tendrils of flames or smoke that occur along the edges of fires. Almost every firefighter has encountered these, Swain said. They could be 6 - 30 feet tall and last ...

WASHINGTON — The Defense Department is sending 10 Navy helicopters to help fight wildfires in California, U.S. officials said Wednesday. The helicopters will be equipped with water-delivery ...

California wildfires left behind 9 billion pounds of toxic ash and debris | 60 Minutes 13:17. Lynn McIntyre is supposed to feel like one of the lucky ones.