A wildfire rages across southern California wildlands towards residential communities, endangering residents and firefighters and sending property up in smoke. This is an increasingly common story, ...

Newswise — Cigarettes are the most frequent cause of fatalities from residential fires in the United States. So, it might seem surprising to learn that a cigarette that burns stronger than others has ...

Crews battle the Caldor Fire in September 2021. (CAL FIRE photo) Severe wildfire disasters are often the product of numerous factors — vegetation, drought, a lack of firefighting resources, and many ...

GAITHERSBURG, Md. — The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released two wildfire reports from California’s Camp Fire, providing specific guidance that communities must take when ...