Climate trends, lightning forecasts and past megafires all point to one conclusion: preparation matters more than prediction.

Northern Alaska, long viewed as a frozen buffer against fire, is now breaking records that reach deep into prehistory. New research shows the 2023 wildfire season there was the most severe in at least ...

The Alaska Division of Forestry and Fire Protection (DFFP) implemented burn permit requirements for much of Alaska as the ...

Alaska’s wildland fire season is officially underway, the Alaska Division of Forestry and Fire Protection said Wednesday.

ANCHORAGE — Wildfires have burned hundreds of homes in Colorado and New Mexico but the nation's largest state has enjoyed a relatively quiet firefighting season. As of Wednesday, fewer than 69 square ...

Hundreds of fires are burning across the state of Alaska, blackening nearly 5 million acres of thick forest and tundra. The fires are the result of an abnormally warm and dry June, followed by ...

The fires, spread by wind and exacerbated by very dry conditions, have already consumed more than 100 structures in Alaska, and were threatening others in drought-hit California and Arizona. In Oregon ...

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The Alaska Division of Forestry and Fire Protection says burn permits are now required statewide as the 2026 wildfire season ...

Wildfires on Alaska's North Slope are more frequent and more severe now than they have been at any point over the past 3,000 years, research suggests. The findings are based on satellite data, as well ...