Wildfires have started from glass bottles, gender reveal explosives, target shooting, vehicle sparks and other unusual ignition sources.

Investigators have determined the cause of a wildfire that injured a firefighter and prompted mandatory evacuations east of ...

As two major wildfires continue to ravage southern Georgia, state officials and investigators said Friday the blazes may have been sparked by two unnatural events, one of which involved a wayward ...

FOR MORE UPDATES ON THE WILDFIRE, GO TO THIS STORY. A small woods fire that began around Barclay Road in Boiling Spring Lakes on Friday, May 2, has now burned more than 1,000 acres. First responders ...

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Often considered more a problem for Western North America, wildfires are becoming more intense, frequent and damaging in the East, such as last week’s blaze that destroyed dozens of homes in Georgia, ...

Wildfires fueled by lightning and drought burned across New Mexico, Texas and southwest Kansas on May 14 and 15.

Spring drought levels are at record highs across the country, and experts worry that the destruction from this year’s wildfire season could be some of the worst our nation has ever seen. The country ...