Tag: Wildfires
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AI cameras are spotting wildfires across California — often before humans call 911
For generations, fire lookout towers stood as landmarks across the American West. Binoculars in hand, dedicated fire spotters scanned the landscape for smoke and radioed firefighters before flames grew out of control. But now, as California enters what is historically the most dangerous part of fire season — the end of summer before the first…
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Drought gripping the Northeast, NYC raises fears of autumn wildfires
Waterways and wells are running dry in parts of New England and trees in New York City are already shedding their leaves as a late-summer drought engulfs the U.S. Northeast, raising the risk of wildfires. More than 80% of the region is now abnormally dry or in drought, according to a U.S. monitoring service, compared…
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Lawyers for firefighter ask judge to order his release from ICE facility
Lawyers for an Oregon firefighter who was taken into custody by U.S. Border Patrol agents while fighting a Washington state wildfire are asking a federal judge to order his release from an immigration detention facility
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Edison details how much it plans to pay Eaton fire victims
LOS ANGELES — Southern California Edison hasn’t accepted responsibility for igniting the Eaton fire, but it is now offering each victim who lost their home hundreds of thousands of dollars, according to a draft of its planned compensation program. The owner of a 1,500-square-foot home destroyed in the wildfire, given as an example in the…
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As dry conditions persist, officials warn the San Diego area could be ‘ready to burn’
SAN DIEGO — Heading into the final months of this year, residents in the San Diego area should prepare for a potentially combustible peak wildfire season. “The outlook is not good,” Cal Fire/San Diego County Fire Chief Tony Mecham said Wednesday, citing a lack of rain in recent months that has left vegetation parched. “The…
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Did LA wildfire debris worsen this year’s toxic algal bloom? Researchers say it’s unlikely
LOS ANGELES — When scores of dead and dying sea animals began washing up on L.A.-area beaches just weeks after January’s devastating fires, the timing seemed suspicious. Harmful algae blooms had sickened marine life in each of the three years prior. But the especially high number of animal deaths this year prompted several research teams…
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Bridger Aerospace Applauds Wildland Fire Service Plan and Fire Ready Nation Act
BELGRADE, Mont., Sept. 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Today, Bridger Aerospace Group Holdings, Inc. (“Bridger” or “Bridger Aerospace”), (NASDAQ: BAER, BAERW), one of the nation’s largest aerial firefighting companies, applauded the announcement by the Departments of Interior and Agriculture of a Wildland Fire Service Plan to modernize federal wildfire response as part of a coordinated…
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What Native-held lands in California can teach about resilience and the future of wildfire
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Nina Fontana, University of California, Davis and Beth Rose Middleton Manning, University of California, Davis (THE CONVERSATION) It took decades, stacks of legal paperwork and countless phone calls, but, in the spring of 2025, a California Chuckchansi Native American…
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Spain sweltered under hottest summer on record in 2025, weather agency says
Spain says that this summer was the hottest on record for the country
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Takeaways from our collaboration on youth mental health after the Maui wildfires
Two years after wildfires devastated Lahaina, many students are still struggling with mental health issues