Two Weeks of Wildfires in Colorado
A blaze that began on June 11 has exploded in size to 70,000 acres, destroying homes and displacing residents as officials work to contain the flames.
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Cost of Battling Wildfires Cuts Into Prevention Efforts
Despite a season that included the most destructive wildfire in Colorado’s history, the government has cut funding for programs aimed at preventing catastrophic blazes across the West.
View ArticleDeadly Heat Wave in the West Brings Fires and Travel Delays
Amid punishing temperatures and canceled flights, forecasters called for a high of 130 degrees in Death Valley National Park, which hit a record 134 degrees a century ago.
View ArticleFast-Moving Blaze Kills 19 Firefighters in Central Arizona
A crew of specialist wildfire fighters died Sunday battling a fast-moving blaze that began with a lightning strike, in the largest loss of firefighters since Sept. 11, 2001.
View ArticleList of Crew Members Killed in Arizona Fire
The city of Prescott has released the names of the 19 firefighters who were killed in a wildfire; 14 of the victims were in their 20s.
View ArticleThe Lede: Fallen Firefighters Had Prepared for Worst-Case Scenario
Video of the fast-moving fire in Arizona that killed 19 firefighters, most of them members of an elite team known as the Granite Mountain Hotshots.
View ArticleLost in Arizona Fire, an Elite Crew That Rushed In
The deaths of 19 men, most of them young, in a fierce wilderness fire stunned a local community that viewed them as heroes.
View ArticleExperts See New Normal as a Hotter, Drier West Faces More Huge Fires
Scientists said the deadly Arizona blaze and 15 others that remained uncontained from New Mexico to California were part of a warmer trend in the West that would bring more catastrophic fires.
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Boys With Firefighting Dreams, and Goodbyes That Turned Final
Families of the Granite Mountain Hotshots who perished in an Arizona wildfire remembered their loved ones’ first words, final text messages and goodbyes, and everything in between.
View ArticleAs Arizona Fires Rage On, Inquiry Into Firefighters’ Death Focuses on Wind
Unpredictable, shifting winds have made fighting an Arizona wildfire particularly hard and may have caught a team of firefighters by surprise.
View ArticleOfficials Say They See Signs of a Slowdown in Deadly Arizona Wildfire
Fire officials said they hoped to begin allowing hundreds of residents evacuated from the towns of Yarnell and Peeples Valley to begin returning as soon as Saturday.
View ArticleCrews in Arizona Make Progress in Subduing Deadly Fire
The fire was partly contained, officials said, and the medical examiner released preliminary autopsy results for the 19 firefighters who died in the blaze.
View ArticleHomes Keep Rising in West Despite Growing Wildfire Threat
Just as many Easterners resist stepping back from their increasingly flooded coast, Westerners build where they want to build and balk at controls.
View ArticleA Painful Mix of Fire, Wind and Questions
Investigators are now beginning the task of unraveling how a routine afternoon of cutting fire lines along the edge of a community in Arizona threatened by flames turned into the deadliest day for...
View ArticleA Technological Edge on Wildfires
Firefighters facing increasingly dangerous blazes are getting an assist from digital apps, aerial mapping and other tools.
View ArticleThousands Gather to Honor 19 Arizona Firefighters
Thousands gathered at an arena to pay tribute to the 19 members of the Granite Mountain Hotshots who died in the Yarnell Hill wildfire.
View ArticleNational Briefing | West: California: Fire Threatens Tourist Destination
A wildfire in the Southern California mountains shut down some 30 miles of the famed Pacific Crest Trail and was threatening Idyllwild.
View ArticleWeeks After Deadly Fire, Town Struggles to Pick Up Pieces
In Yarnell, Ariz., where 19 firefighters died and where homes destroyed by fire sit next to those mysteriously spared, residents struggle to ascribe meaning to what happened.
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