Wildfires like the Los Angeles blazes destroy so much, but they often spare some evidence of the cause of their ignition ...

As Tasmania battles more than a dozen fires sparked by a band of dry lightning strikes, some in high-value wilderness areas, ...

A grove of ancient trees, including Tasmania's oldest-known Huon pine tree, has come under threat by an ongoing bushfire.

Forest Fire Management Victoria's chief fire officer, Chris Hardman, said more than 8,000 dry lightning strikes had been recorded ... Mirror Court home's roof, causing a partial collapse.

A variety of new technologies aim to improve wildfire detection and help map the spread of blazes Embers from the Eaton Fire ...

Aerial firefighters have always been a critical line of defense against raging wildfires. But increasingly extreme blazes and a horrific accident have many wondering how we’ll adapt to fires of the ...

Investigators are still conducting inquiries to determine the cause of the wave of fires that broke out in California last week. According to Forest ... of fires are lightning strikes and human ...

The Angeles National Forest ... fire has fuel to spread (determined through drought, rainfall and vegetation data, for example) and the presence of isolated cloud-to-ground lightning strikes ...

The wind blows down a power line, or lightning strikes ... to get good fire on the ground and whittle down some of that fuel load.” Yes, there’s been talk across the U.S. Forest Service ...