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The Mountain Fire burned 31 square miles and destroyed 243 structures last year. A smaller fire burned burned an estimated 1.8 acres a week earlier. Fierce winds and hot debris from an earlier tractor ...

The pile burning project, known as Friis, was initiated 2:57 p.m. Dec. 2 in Santa Barbara County, California. The prescribed ...

Santa Barbara County has transitioned out of high fire season early this year, a shift that fire officials say was driven by ...

According to a post on X, at around 8:57 p.m., Santa Barbara County Fire crews responded to a single-family home fire ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – Santa Barbara County selected Garrett Huff as its new fire chief, succeeding former chief Mark Hartwig, starting on Dec. 8. Below is a full press release from Santa Barbara ...

Deputy Fire Chief Garrett Huff will be the next Santa Barbara County Fire Chief. He will take over for retiring chief Mark Hartwig. Credit: Santa Barbara County photo Deputy Fire Chief Garrett Huff ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - As smoke billows in the air from brush fires in the region, crews are keeping a close eye on the risk of more starting. “As fires increase in frequency,” Assistant Regional ...

TONY, FALL IS ACTUALLY THE PRIME TIME FOR BRUSH FIRES. YEAH, BECAUSE ONE OF THE FACTORS THAT’S INVOLVED IN CREATING THIS SITUATION WHERE BRUSH FIRES ARE POSSIBLE IS REALLY LOW HUMIDITY LEVELS, RIGHT?

MONTVALE, Va. – First responders from across the region, including the Virginia Department of Forestry, are actively battling multiple brush fires near Route 460 in Montvale. The Bedford County ...

Los Angeles firefighters had warned their chief that a brush fire that would eventually grow into the deadly Palisades inferno had not been fully extinguished, but the department did nothing about it, ...