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More Logging Proposed to Help Curb Wildfires in Pacific Northwest

Nov 20 2024 // U.S. officials would allow increased logging on federal lands across the Pacific Northwest in the name of fighting wildfires and boosting rural economies under proposed changes to a sweeping forest management plan...

California Wildfire Destroys 243 Structures, Cancellation Moratorium Issued

Nov 18 2024 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara issued a mandatory one-year moratorium on insurance companies to preserve residential insurance coverage for more than 200,000 policyholders affected by the Mountain Fire,...

Voluntary Evacuations Help Firefighters Contain New York State Forest Wildfire

Nov 18 2024 // A voluntary evacuation of homes over the weekend helped New York firefighters continue their progress in containing a state park wildfire near the New Jersey border.The state requested that residents in about 165 homes in...

Washington Commissioner: Most Homes in 2023 Wildfire Were Underinsured

Nov 18 2024 // An analysis of the claims paid out after the Gray and Oregon Road fires in Washington last year found that most of the homes destroyed were underinsured.The fires destroyed 366 homes, burning more than 20,000 acres outside...

Fire Crews on Both US Coasts Battle Wildfires; 1 Death in New York-New Jersey Fire

Nov 12 2024 // Fire crews on both coasts of the United States continued battling wildfires on Sunday, including a blaze in New York and New Jersey that killed a parks employee and another in Southern California that destroyed more than...

Containment Increases on California Fire That Has Destroyed 168 Structures

Nov 12 2024 // Firefighters battled strong winds driving a fast-moving Southern California wildfire that forced the evacuations of thousands of people and destroyed at least 168 structures.Containment of the Mountain Fire in Ventura...

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