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Palisades Fire already ranks among worst in California history. Just how destructive is it?
Two of the wildfires burning in Los Angeles County are among the most destructive blazes in California history, according to fire officials. On Monday, the California Department of Forestry and Fire ...
Man describes asking cousin to get shovel to search for sister’s remains in wildfire debris
Zaire Calvin, a California resident who lost his sister in the Los Angeles wildfires, describes instructing his cousin to use ...
From smoke to roaring flames: Inside the first hours of the deadly Pacific Palisades fire
The largest wildfire to hit Los Angeles this week rapidly tore through homes and communities, whipped by winds that sent embers skyward.
Government officials turned to ‘indigenous knowledge’ to combat Californian wildfires
Federal and state government officials sought to use the ancestral knowledge of Native Americans to combat wildfires in ...
Inconvenient truths about the fires burning in Los Angeles from two fire experts
For years, renowned fire experts Jack Cohen and Stephen Pyne have tried to shift the conversation on fire prevention ...
Climate change parches Western US, providing fuel for fires
Climate change is making the Western United States drier, which can fuel wildfires like those affecting Los Angeles. With ...
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Scientific data collected in Los Angeles fires could improve future safety
While it is difficult to find any kind of silver lining to the devastating Los Angeles wildfires, scientists can use data ...
No ‘water system in the world’ could have handled the LA fires. How the region could have minimized the damage
Widespread destruction from the L.A. fires was inevitable, given the drought and winds. Still, the region could have been ...
More people are living in riskiest wildfire zones
California has seen a number of these types of blaze in recent years, notably the 2018 Camp Fire, which began as a wildland ...
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Wildland-urban interface: What it is and why it's so important to firefighting on the Front Range
Front Range wildfire experts told Denver7 that a critical part of battling wildfires is protecting the wildland-urban interface. We break down what exactly is the WUI and why it's so important.
It’s cruel to suggest L.A.’s firefighters aren’t doing enough. I should know.
As a former manager and firefighter in the U.S. Forest Service, I wish the public understood what the people fighting the Los ...
Destruction in California: What caused the LA fires to spread so rapidly?
While the causes of the largest fires are still under investigation, many factors led to the quick-spreading blazes.