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Forest Fires

Afternoon Tracks: Warming Woes And Climate Clues

Lynne Peeples | Posted 03.11.2013 | Green
Lynne Peeples

Last year was the warmest ever recorded in the contiguous U.S., according to a report released on Tuesday by The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admi...

It's A Bird! It's A Plane! It's A Firefighter!

AP | MICHAEL R. BLOOD | Posted 10.16.2012 | Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES — The U.S. Forest Service said Thursday it will permit agency helicopters to attack wildfires at night in Southern California, a sig...

Bear in Space

Smokey Bear | Posted 10.09.2012 | Green
Smokey Bear

2012-08-09-Screenshot20120809at8.31.16AM.jpgBesides everyone doing what they can to help prevent human caused wildfires, we just got some extra help from NASA right here on Earth and from space.

The Oxygen Planet Struts Its Stuff

William deBuys | Posted 09.23.2012 | Green
William deBuys

This summer's conditions may indeed be perfect for fire in the Southwest and West, but if you think of it as a "storm," perfect or otherwise -- that is, sudden, violent, and temporary -- then you don't understand what's happening in this country or on this planet.

High Park Fire Continues To Grow

Posted 06.16.2012 | Denver

The High Park Fire, burning just 15 miles west of Fort Collins, Colo., expanded to 54,230 acres Friday night despite the best efforts of an additional...

High Park Fire Rages: Jumps Hwy 14, Prompts New Evacuations

Posted 06.15.2012 | Denver

The High Park Fire near Fort Collins, Colo. raged on Thursday night -- fire embers jumped Highway 14 and started a 60-100 acre fire on the north side ...

PHOTOS: Wildfire Continues To Grow, Smoke Reaches 34,000 Feet

Posted 06.14.2012 | Denver

The High Park Fire near Fort Collins, Colo. has grown to 49,763 acres with containment holding at only 10 percent. The wildfire has already destroyed ...

1,000 Firefighters Battle High Park Fire On Wednesday

Posted 06.13.2012 | Denver

The High Park Fire near Fort Collins, Colo. has grown to 46,600 acres with firefighters having made progress Tuesday, containing 10 percent of the bla...

PHOTOS: High Park Fire Smoke Blankets Denver

AP | DAN ELLIOTT | Posted 08.12.2012 | Denver

LOVELAND, Colo. — A northern Colorado wildfire 60 miles away wrapped Denver in a pungent cloud of smoke for several hours Tuesday and complicate...

PHOTOS: High Park Fire Grows To More Than 43,000 Acres

Posted 06.12.2012 | Denver

The High Park Fire near Fort Collins, Colo. is burning on 43,433 acres as of Tuesday morning. The out of control blaze is being fought by more than 50...

High Park Fire Grows Again, Remains Of Missing Woman ID'd

Posted 06.11.2012 | Denver

The out of control High Park Fire burning in Larimer County, Colorado grew larger on Monday scorching more than 41,140 acres by nightfall. 9News re...

PHOTOS: High Park Fire Burning Nearly 37,000 Acres, 'No Hope'

Posted 06.11.2012 | Denver

The High Park Fire continues to burn out of control and nearly doubled in size overnight growing to 36,930 acres as of Monday morning. 9News report...

Hundreds Evacuated As Colorado And New Mexico Wildfires Spread

AP | THOMAS PEIPERT | Posted 08.11.2012 | Green

BELLVUE, Colo. (AP) — Massive wildfires in drought-parched Colorado and New Mexico tested the resources of state and federal crews Monday and unders...

PHOTOS: Wildfire Grows Rapidly, 'No Hope' For Containment

Posted 06.11.2012 | Denver

As of Sunday evening, the High Park Fire burning Larimer County, Colorado continues to burn out of control -- more than 20,000 acres have been scorche...

PHOTOS: High Park Fire Near Fort Collins Grows To 8,000 Acres

AP | Posted 06.10.2012 | Denver

FORT COLLINS, Colo. -- Crews on Saturday battled a fast-moving wildfire in northern Colorado that has scorched about 8,000 acres and prompted several ...

New Mexico Wildfire Expected To Burn For Weeks

AP | SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN | Posted 08.01.2012 | Green

RESERVE, N.M. (AP) — A wildfire burning in what New Mexico's governor called "impossible" terrain in an isolated, mountainous area of the state cont...

Australian Man Convicted Of Starting Deadly Wildfire

AP | Posted 05.20.2012 | Green

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) � An Australian man was convicted Tuesday of deliberately starting one of the deadly wildfires that swept through sou...

PHOTOS: Chile's Massive Forest Fires

Posted 01.06.2012 | World

Over the past week multiple forest fires have ravaged large areas of central and southern Chile. At least six firefighters have died battling a blaze ...

PHOTOS: Patagonia Forest Fires Close Chile's Torres Del Paine National Park

Posted 12.30.2011 | Travel

Chilean authorities have closed Torres del Paine National Park in Patagonia as a 14,000-acre wildfire continues to burn there. The park was closed ...

McCain Says Report Vindicates Claim On Border Fires

AP | Felicia Fonseca | Posted 11.22.2011 | Politics

By FELICIA FONSECA, ASSOCIATED PRESS FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. -- A study by Congress' investigative arm shows investigators have linked 30 fires that erupt...

Forest Service Will Continue Using Fire Retardant

AP | JEFF BARNARD | Posted 12.21.2011 | Green

The U.S. Forest Service has backed off claims about the effectiveness of the huge red plumes of fire retardant that big airplanes drop on wildfires, b...

Texas Wildfire Protection Plan Lacks Funding

AP | DANNY ROBBINS and PAUL J. WEBER | Posted 11.14.2011 | Green

SAN ANTONIO — Long before this month's historic wildfires in Texas, the state's forest service came up with a $20.4 million plan to stop the fla...

Crews Rush To Corral Wildfires In Northern Rockies

AP | Posted 10.26.2011 | Green

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) -- Crews facing adverse weather forecasts rushed to bolster protective lines around blazes that have scorched tens of thousands o...

Feds Charge 2 Cousins With Starting Arizona Wildfires

AP | Posted 10.24.2011 | Green

PHOENIX (AP) -- Federal charges have been filed against two cousins accused of causing the largest forest fire in Arizona's history. The charges we...

My Birthday Wish

Smokey Bear | Posted 10.09.2011 | Green
Smokey Bear

Since I first appeared, many people have helped me reduce the number of acres burned by wildfires from about 22 million in 1944 to an average of 6.5 million today, but my work isn't done yet. I still need your help.