• Warnings for days: The immediate causes of the fires were not clear yet, but officials had been cautioning for days that ...

Why did water hydrants run dry in the midst of a conflagration? City officials stressed that the shortage was due to low ...

The department said hot coffee was used as a quick substitute for de-icer to thaw out frozen equipment until the real thing ...

Ocean water can be used in extreme cases to fight wildfires, but freshwater is preferred due to equipment corrosion, soil damage, and logistical challenges.

Outrage over the handling of the devastating Los Angeles fires is heating up amid reports that city leaders failed to prepare ...

The Kremlin has been discussing Donald Trump's claims that a meeting between him and Vladimir Putin is being set up.

Firefighters have taken the rare but not unusual move of scooping up ocean water to help battle the flames as wildfires rage ...

Sea water, in theory, could be used to help a fire. But, its salty components can do more harm than good, which is why ...

Air quality regulators have also thrown obstacles in the way of prescribed burns, a fire mitigation practice that once was routinely used to reduce the fuel for wildfires and create defensible spaces ...

"I looked out, and there was this silhouette of a person just standing there under the streetlight, shrouded by fog." ...

A series of deadly wildfires in Los Angeles County has left at least 11 dead, thousands displaced, and homes destroyed.

The Rose Bowl, though, is currently serving as an emergency response center for Pasadena Police and Fire, as well as a ...