Victims in Wildfireâs Path Say, âWhy Me?â
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Fires raged across Southern California, burning some houses to ground and sparing others in their path.
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Scorching temperatures in the western US cause a string of fires, threatening homes and highways.
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Weeks into a wildfire season that has already burned parts of Catalina Island, Los Angeles and Lake Tahoe, swaths of California's flammable national forests are some days protected by nothing more than luck.
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While firefighters have gained the upper hand in some areas, details of the latest reports from fire officials show that the trouble is far from over.
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Firefighters, volunteers and aircraft tackle forest blazes that have caused widespread death and destruction.
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With professional firefighters stretched to the breaking point across California, many neighbors throughout the state were left to their own devices this past week.
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By Shannon Dininny Associated Press  STEHEKIN, Wash. - Firefighters cut trees and vegetation Tuesday to try slowing the growth of an 11-square-mile wildfire that has chased summer tourists from this rural, mountainous region.
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By Greeley Tribune, Colo.  Dec. 12--From her back bedroom, Gloria Morales first noticed a smoky odor early Monday. By the time she got to the front of her main floor apartment at 1320 7th Ave., she saw the flames.
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People who lost their homes and belongings to a devastating wildfire were allowed to briefly return to their burned-out neighborhoods Friday as authorities declared the blaze mostly contained.
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By Gillian Flaccus Associated Press  RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- A blaze that killed five federal firefighters last year has emboldened those who question the cost of saving the ever expanding number of homes on the fringe of wilderness.
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By GORDON JACKSON  WAYCROSS -- Firefighters at a staging area at the intersection of Swamp Road and Suwannee Church Road scattered from nearby woods Friday afternoon as a wildfire made another run.
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By Pat Reavy Deseret Morning News  They risk their lives to protect the public, but often it isn't a bullet or the flames from an inferno that law enforcers and firefighters have to worry about.
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By JEANNETTE J. LEE  ANCHORAGE, Alaska - With dozens of homes and cabins already destroyed by wildfire, crews worked Sunday to protect hundreds of others tucked in the hills of the scenic Kenai Peninsula.
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By David Sneed, The Tribune, San Luis Obispo, Calif.  Feb. 19--Normally, when a wildfire blackens hundreds of acres of sensitive resources, biologists bemoan the damage the flames caused the environment.   Not Sally Krenn.   The Pacific Gas and Electric Co.
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Many California residents are ruggedly obstinate about the choice they have made to live with the constant threat of fire.
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Passing motorists and a store worker frantically called authorities about a fire behind a furniture store the night nine firefighters perished inside, according to 911 tapes and transcripts released Thursday. An employee said the area was where workers took smoke breaks.
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A reporter who can see the California wildfires from his home asks why it's so hard for people to recognize the danger