“Altadena was a wildland fire for about 20 minutes, and then it became an urban conflagration… where houses are burning houses down, and gardens are the fuel type, not mixed conifer forests,” Wara ...

Southern California Edison's internal wildfire forecasts underestimated the potential size of the Eaton Canyon fire in Los ...

In the midst of a dry winter, images of the California wildfires struck fear in the hearts of Arizonans. Some cities are more prepared than others.

One motivation to prevent urban conflagration is that rebuilding amid elevated labor costs, increased climate risk, supply chain issues, fluctuating materials tariffs and a pre-existing national ...

LA firestorm 'most destructive' “This firestorm is the most destructive and multifaceted wildfire event in U.S. history, with unprecedented levels of urban conflagration,” he said.

The state has 250,000 acres of unmanaged fallow agricultural land, nearly all of its buildings sit within the wildland-urban interface, and two-thirds of communities have only one road in and out.

Hawaiin communities are seeking ways to protect themselves as climate change, urban development, and detrimental land use policies culminate to cause more destructive fires. After Lahaina fire, Hawaii ...

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