As a battalion chief at one particularly difficult fire, I found the top floor of a three-story multiple-occupancy dwelling well-involved on arrival. The first-in company officer ordered all companies ...

A fire can give off incredible amounts of heat. A room fire can range from 100 degrees at floor level to 1,200 or more degrees at the ceiling. Skin can burn with permanent injuries at 160 degrees. The ...

Authorities say a burning car that was pushed into a Northern California gully a week ago sparked what's now the fifth-largest wildfire in the state's history. According to Cal Fire, the Park Fire now ...

As massive wildfires continue to wreak havoc in the American West, Indigenous people are reviving centuries-old cultural burning practices to protect their communities. Jason Reed, a member of the ...

It's easy to take for granted that with the flick of a lighter or the turn of a furnace knob, modern humans can conjure flames — cooking food, lighting candles or warming homes. For much of our ...