In a contrast of fire and ice, smoke from wildland fires mingled with several of the Cascade Range’s prominent, glaciated volcanoes in summer 2026. Astronauts on the International Space Station photographed the scene while orbiting over the U.S. West in late July and early August. Mount Hood, Oregon’s tallest peak at 11,249 feet (3,429 meters),
When a wildfire broke out near his First Nation community in northern Ontario, Hubert Wigwas decided to stay put. He put sprinklers on his roof to extinguish falling embers. He checked on elders in his community who also stayed behind, and he fuelled up four boats down on the lake in case they needed a
Wildfires burning across the western U.S. and Canada on Sunday left some residents keeping a wary eye out for possible evacuation orders while others already forced to flee their homes waited to see what would be left on their return. In western Canada, over 20,000 people were forced to flee communities along Okanagan Lake in
After wildfires caused more damage in France this year than at any time since World War Two, many are left asking a single question: Why? A major driver is that climate is changing as a result of the well-documented way humanity is burning fossil fuels. Temperatures are only rising. But with records showing that nine
A large Utah wildfire kept emergency responders from safely reaching the remote site of a helicopter crash on Saturday as other fires burned across several Western states, including one that closed part of Mount Rainier National Park. The Friday morning crash of a Sikorsky Skycrane helicopter in Utah’s Fishlake National Forest ignited a new fire
RICHFIELD, Utah — A heavy-lift helicopter helping battle a Utah wildfire crashed Friday, the Federal Aviation Administration said, with no immediate word on the conditions of the two aboard. The helicopter was one of seven working the fire in central Utah that was caused by lightning on July 27. The Federal Aviation Administration confirmed that
