In the wake of devastating fires in Maui in 2023 and Los Angeles in 2024, Brigham Young University civil and construction engineering professor Rob Sowby sought to solve a pressing debate: What is the ...
Wildfires don’t just leave behind scorched earth—they leave a toxic legacy in Western rivers that can linger for nearly a decade. A sweeping new study analyzed over 100,000 water samples from more ...
A California agency's water tender was destroyed in a control burn that got away from firefighters in Woodland on Tuesday. The Woodland Fire Department says a crew with the California Department of ...
Scientists have released some of the first independent test results confirming that drinking water in fire-affected areas around Altadena and Pacific Palisades is largely free of harmful contaminants, ...
Dean Fioresi is a web producer for CBS Los Angeles. He covers breaking news throughout Southern California. When he's not writing about local events, he enjoys focusing on sports and entertainment. A ...
PHOENIX (AZFamily) — A fire that ignited inside a wastewater treatment plant in west Phoenix on Thursday morning has been extinguished, as a contract worker is recovering from burn injuries. The fire ...
Burn ban map (Copyright 2025 by KPRC Click2Houston - All rights reserved.) As drought conditions creep back into Southeast Texas, fire danger is also increasing ...
LYME, N.H. (WCAX) - Fire wardens across the region are monitoring ongoing drought conditions, and in some cases holding off issuing burn permits. Like many communities across the region, Lyme, New ...