Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Los Angeles fires that have damaged more than 12,000 structures are a reminder of a new but growing reality for Americans ...

As Oregon faces longer wildfire seasons, Oregon Ready explores how a Douglas County community relies on the Firewise USA ...

To find a balance between a safe garden and a beautiful one ...

The Inland Empire is watching as the Line Fire, Bridge Fire, and Airport Fire wind down to a smolder. As the containment percentages increase and the smoke settles, we must stay vigilant.

DULUTH, Minn. - When George Voyles moved to his dream retirement home in the woods of Adams County, Wis., he happened to pick up a brochure on how to defend rural property against wildfires. So Voyles ...

A live-fire demonstration showed even on a cloudy and drizzly Oregon day how defensible space and home hardening can protect against fire while buildings without can burn down quickly. The event, led ...

It’s perhaps an odd shift after all this rain to think about wildfires, but as any Californian knows, things will dry up again. Fires are an ever-present threat. One basic way to protect yourself as a ...

A fire demolished a garage and damaged several other outbuildings in Salt Lake City, but was contained before spreading to other structures, thanks to the property owner creating defensible space.

Some Lake Tahoe homeowners can now get paid to fireproof their properties before the next major blaze. Residents in five ...

PARADISE, Calif. (AP) — The letter from the insurance company arrived just before Brian and Morgan Gobba finally finished construction on their new house: Their homeowner’s policy was being canceled.

The Los Angeles fires that have damaged more than 12,000 structures are a reminder of a new but growing reality for Americans living in hotter, drier and more fire-prone areas – the need to create ...