with high risks of concerning conflagrations even for areas that had adequate rain and snow this winter. California’s fire season typically starts up in May as grasses dry out, and this year ...

More than 125 Woodland blazes Burn As Drought Slams New York City The conflagrations in the Nutmeg State — numbering about ...

(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED NPR BROADCAST) LORI MOORE-MERRELL: These are conflagrations. These are not wildland fires with trees burning. These are structure-to-structure fire spread. KELLY ...

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Society’s understanding and relationship to fire has to change if the conflagrations like these are to be prevented. Not quite six years ago, wildfire expert Jack Cohen, who lives in Missoula ...

But that was not the case. After hydrants also ran dry this fire season during the two major conflagrations that devastated Los Angeles County, Bennett said he felt there was no time to wait.

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The firestorms razing Los Angeles show how quickly wildfires can turn into devastating urban conflagrations. Two fire management experts say there's a common misunderstanding about how homes ...

As attention turns to the causes of this week’s devastating Los Angeles wildfires, evidence has emerged that power lines close to where one of the deadly conflagrations started weren’t shut ...

Miles to Go: The second in an ongoing series Inside Climate News fellow Bing Lin is reporting from the Pacific Crest Trail in Northern California. Over the course of a 500-mile hike, the series is ...