The collaborative effort between NASA and a Bay Area fire-protection nonprofit gauges where the threat of wind-driven embers ...

Embers can cause the side of a house facing away ... For example, bushfires usually advance in the direction of the wind, however, on occasion, they have been documented to veer violently and ...

The map comes as California sees increasing frequency and severity of wildfires — four out of five of California’s ...

Together with San José State University, Worcester Polytech is part of a Wildfire Interdisciplinary Research Center. With funding from the U.S. Forest Service and National Scienc ...

While authorities still don't know what sparked the deadly fires in the Los Angeles area, they do know one clear way the flames have spread: embers. At least 24 people have died in the fires that ...

While authorities don't know what sparked the deadly fires in the Los Angeles area, they do know that embers have helped spread the flames. ...

Because of conditions that day, the fire's reach was epic as wind-swept embers flew westward, torching and scorching structures across the island's midsection as they went. In a matter of hours ...