The U.S. Forest Service built the fire sciences lab in 1960, inspired by a forest fire that killed 13 firefighters. The facility includes a 66-foot-high combustion chamber that allows for intense ...

Japan is fighting a forest fire that has damaged dozens of homes and forced hundreds of residents to evacuate in a ...

The Carolina Forest Fire, about five miles north of the popular tourist area Myrtle Beach, had grown to more than 2,000 acres and remained at 30% containment on Monday evening, according to the ...

There were fewer on Tuesday as crews made progress (Screengrab/North Carolina Forest Fire) In North Carolina, the U.S. Forest Service reported multiple wildfires burning across four national forests.

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To date in 2025 New Jersey has seen roughly four times the number of wildfires as it did during the same time period in 2024, said Chief Bill Donnelly of the state Forest Fire Service. New Jersey ...

HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) — Check here for updates as hundreds of crews work to contain the 2,059-acre fire that broke out Saturday on Covington Drive in the Carolina Forest area. Horry County ...

NO HOMES WERE DAMAGED. OFFICIALS SAY ROUGHLY 200 ACRES WERE BURNED, AND THEY SAY 90% OF Evacuations have been lifted after a structure fire turned into a forest fire in Pickens County on Saturday ...

HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WCIV) — Hundreds of firefighters and first responders were seen coming in and out of Carolina Forest area neighborhoods Sunday, taking turns fighting a massive fire.