KLAMATH COUNTY, Ore. – Fire crews will be conducting a controlled burn in the Fremont-Winema National Forest this week. According to a facebook post by South Central Oregon Fire Management Partnership (SCOFMP), the purpose is to “help restore natural ecological processes associated with low-intensity burning.” SCOFMP says this will improve overall forest health. The controlled […]
A wildland fire in a marshy area resulted in a large smoke header visible in the Hawthorn Woods area and prompted the response of numerous fire departments Saturday evening. The Lake Zurich Fire Rescue Department responded around 5 p.m. Saturday to the area of Midlothian Road and Kruger Road in Hawthorn Woods for a report […]
Firefighters were sent to a 4th alarm fire in Northfield on Alexander Hill Road on Friday.
About four acres of land and forest burned in Chesterfield County Tuesday afternoon due to a spreading brush fire.
ST. GEORGE — A fire burning near the Oak Grove Campground spread from 5 to 22 acres over the course of a few hours on Monday. The fire was reportedly started after an all-terrain vehicle caught fire on the side of the road in the Dixie National Forest a short distance below the Oak Grove […]
PLACITAS, N.M. (KRQE) – U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland has signed a public land order withdrawing 4,212.98 of public land from federal mineral leasing for at least 50 years. The idea is to "protect,preserve, and promote the scenic integrity, cultural importance, recreational values, and wildlife habitat connectivity within the Placitas area," the order notes. The []
CHEMULT, Ore. – The Forest Service is continuing to monitor a 35 acre lightning caused wildfire that has been burning for over a week. According to the U.S. Forest Service, the Little Yamsay Fire was first spotted around 6 p.m. April 20 just southeast of Chemult in Klamath County. Fire officials are currently preparing containment […]
The Chattanooga Fire Department was battling several burning piles of scrap metal at PSC Metals on West 19th Street on Tuesday afternoon.
Ochoco National Forest firefighters are set to conduct a nearly 900-acre prescribed burn next Tuesday on the Lookout Mountain Ranger District, if conditions remain favorable.
CARTERVILLE, Mo. — More than five fire departments responded to a grass fire in Carterville Monday afternoon. It started just after 3:00 p.m., according to Carterville Fire Chief, Kevin Crawford, and consumed the equivalent of five city blocks, of a field at the end of West McKee Street, which is just off of North Fountain []
Starting Tuesday, Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District firefighters plan to conduct prescribed burn operations adjacent to Paulina Lake Road about six miles northeast of La Pine and two miles east of the Newberry Estates subdivision.
Firefighters from at least two agencies battled a blaze in Jackson Friday.