The U.S. Forest Service built the fire sciences lab in 1960, inspired by a forest fire that killed 13 firefighters. The facility includes a 66-foot-high combustion chamber that allows for intense ...

Crews in Western North Carolina continue to work on a wildfire that began Wednesday in Haywood County. Here are the latest ...

A relatively new device is fighting wildfires from the air after the U.S. Forest Service deployed a large drone to fight ...

An 18-year-old is now on probation after admitting to playing a role in how the fire started. Montana District Court Judge Kathy Seeley oversaw the case in juvenile court – as the defendant was 17 ...

The Big Ridge Fire raging in the Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest in Rabun County nearly doubled in size from Thursday to ...

The North Carolina Forest Service has lifted a ban on all open burning in the state. This will go into effect at 8 a.m. on Wednesday, April 2. This comes after a statewide ban that went into effect on ...

Firefighters continue preparing firebreaks and protecting structures in anticipation of elevated temperatures, high winds and ...

On March 5, the Merit Systems Protection Board issued a 45-day stay blocking the Trump administration's February move to fire probationary employees at the Forest Service ... all of us to pitch ...

(WSET) — A forest fire in Nelson County ... Right now, he says the U.S. Forest Service is one scene. He said rugged terrain makes it difficult to contain.

We had met when we all worked at the same U.S. Forest Service station; we were on a fire crew, and he was on ... Will the watersheds that sustain us be clean and healthy? Will ranchers be able ...

Wildfires in the Carolinas have taken over 10,000 acres and more evacuations, according to officials. In the Carolinas, wildfires have set 14,068.9 acres ablaze, according to the South Carolina ...