Forest fires now burn 10 times more acreage annually than in 1985, while wildfire severity has gotten even worse. In California, 30 times more acreage burned from high-severity, forest-killing fires, ...

A new study finds that burning 500,000 acres (202,000 hectares) of California conifer forests each year with prescribed fire could cut deadly pollution from wildfire smoke by roughly 10% over a decade ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — As a statewide burn ban takes effect, Lowcountry fire crews say they’re already responding to a growing number of fires — and warn conditions could quickly make things worse.