Multiple wildfires are burning in central and southern Oregon. Here's the latest. Upper Applegate Fire grows to 350 acres, level 3 evacuation orders issued ...

Upper Applegate Fire grows to 350 acres, level 3 evacuation orders issued A wildfire burning in southern Oregon's Applegate Valley ignited and grew to 350 acres by the afternoon of June 18 ...

One map shows the damage to forests last year just from drought, heat, insects and disease — everything but wildfires, essentially. The darker red spots indicate more concentrated damage.

That fire in 2014 burned 3,500 acres, and officials remarked on how the current blaze has already met that fire in size and complexity. While the fire is likely human-caused, that doesn't mean it ...

Beneath layers of waste, landfills around the US have been reaching scorching temperatures, spewing toxic gases and geysers ...

This is a repost from the archives, an older post by Henrik which has been updated to reflect more recent findings. Did you know there are 255 volcanoes or volcanic features listed in the US?

The Oregon House voted Tuesday to repeal a controversial wildfire hazard map and home-hardening requirements that accompanied it. Rural Oregonians and their representatives in the Legislature had ...

The bill repeals a map meant to identify parts of Oregon at high risk of wildfires that became a lightning rod for anger from ...

The Wolf fire in Riverside County is now more than 2,400 acres in size, although firefighters are making progress.

PORTLAND, Ore. — The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has authorized the use of federal funds to help with firefighting costs for an approximately 470-acre wildfire burning in southern ...

The fire is burning at Old Banning Idyllwild Road and Wolfskill Truck Trail. Evacuations are mostly in place south of I-10 and east of Lamb Canyon Road. According to Cal Fire's most recent update, ...