The Latest Breaking News on Wildfires

SEATTLE — Rain and winds in the Seattle area are a welcome relief as they pushed out wildfire smoke that has clouded the air for weeks on end.

The top 10 places in the U.S. with the worst air quality today are all in Washington or Oregon as fires rage in the states.

In the arid American West, wildfires now define summer. Recent years have seen some of the worst wildfires in recorded history. Climate change, the loss of Indigenous burning practices and a century of fire suppression are increasing the risk of larger, hotter and more frequent wildfires.

Wildfires would rank as the 2nd-biggest source of CO2 emissions statewide in 2020.

As wildfires continue to burn in parts of the United States, state public health officials and experts are increasingly concerned about residents’ chronic exposure to toxin-filled smoke.

LOS ANGELES — California will become the first state in the nation to require insurance premium discounts for owners of homes and businesses that are made safer from wildfires.

US energy department research links megablazes in the west to hail, deluges and risk of flash floods in central states

Fire crews are still on the scene of the blaze at the building on Kingston Street which was reported yesterday morning. Police have issued an update on road closures.

There's an unusually high number of wildfires burning in the Pacific Northwest, Intermountain West and Canada.