Latest Wildfire Headlines
All the headlines from our Wildfire Topic Page, ordered by recency.
California Policyholders May Be On the Hook for Wildfire Losses
Sep 9 2024 // California homeowners could be required to pay a surcharge if the state’s insurer of last resort is unable to cover losses from a catastrophic wildfire. The California Department of Insurance sent a bulletin to...
Fast-Growing California Wildfire Threatening 35,000 Structures
Sep 9 2024 // A fast-growing wildfire in Southern California, has burned 27 square miles, forcing thousands to evacuate had is putting roughly 35,000 homes and buildings at risk. The Line fire near San Bernardino more than quadrupled in...
Crews Slow Progress of Sierra Wildfire, But Evacuations Orders Remain
Sep 5 2024 // Firefighters battling a California wildfire that has burned through more than 5 square miles of the high Sierra made significant progress slowing its growth on Wednesday, but hundreds of residents whose homes are...
Judge to Ask Hawaii Supreme Court About Barriers to $4B Wildfire Settlement
Sep 4 2024 // The Hawaii Supreme Court will be asked to weigh in on an issue that threatens to thwart a $4 billion settlement in last year’s devastating Maui wildfires. Judge Peter Cahill on Maui agreed to ask the state high court...
Western States Top Wildfire Risk Scores in New Analysis
Sep 3 2024 // California, Oregon, Colorado, Washington and Arizona are the states most at risk for wildfires, earning an “F” rating, according to a new analysis by Guidewire detailing wildfire risk in the U.S. at local,...
Report: 2.6M Homes at Moderate to Very High Risk of Wildfire
Sep 2 2024 // More than 2.6 million homes across 14 states with a total reconstruction cost of $1.3 trillion are at moderate to very high risk of wildfire damage during the 2024 wildfire season, the 2024 CoreLogic Wildfire Risk Report...
Southern California Edison Seeks to Recover $1.6B of Wildfire-Related Losses
Aug 29 2024 // Southern California Edison, a unit of utility Edison International said on Thursday it was seeking approval for a settlement agreement to recover nearly 60% of losses related to wildfires and mudslides in 2017 and...
Man Accused of Starting California Wildfire by Throwing Firework out Car Window
Aug 29 2024 // A 26-year-old man has been accused of igniting a destructive California wildfire in early July by throwing a firework from a car window during hot, dry and windy weather. Spencer Grant Anderson, of Oroville, was charged...
Insured Losses From Canada’s Jasper Wildfire Surpass C$880 Million
Aug 28 2024 // This summer’s devastating wildfire in Jasper, Canada resulted in more than C$880 million (US$653.4 million) in insured damage, according to the Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC), quoting data provided by Catastrophe...
Tropical Storm Hone Sweeps Past Hawaii; Rain Amounts Ease Wildfire Fears
Aug 27 2024 // Hone passed south of Hawaii and weakened from a hurricane to a tropical storm on Sunday, dumping so much rain that the National Weather Service called off its red flag warnings that strong winds could lead to wildfires on...
Wildfire Risk Harms California Home Values, San Francisco Fed Study Finds
Aug 27 2024 // California’s wildfires are weighing on home prices more than in the past, and insurance availability does little to help in areas considered to be at higher risk, according to a Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco...
Hawaiian Electric Raises Going Concern Doubts on Uncertainties Over Wildfire Settlement Financing
Aug 26 2024 // Utility firm Hawaiian Electric raised going concern doubts on Friday after disclosing that it did not have a financing plan in place for the $1.99 billion Maui wildfire settlement it reached earlier this month. The company...
Update: Greece Battles Wildfires While Storm Lilian Crosses UK
Aug 23 2024 // Greek wildfire risks increased as temperatures climb and near gale force winds blow across the Aegean Sea, while Storm Lilian is battering parts of the UK. Firefighters, supported by helicopters, are trying to control an...
Unseasonal Winter Heat Across Australia Raises Wildfire Risks
Aug 22 2024 // Australia is facing elevated wildfire risks months ahead of the summer fire season, as an unusually warm winter scorches parts of the continent and threatens to set temperature records. Heat is forecast to bake vast areas...
California Pot Farmers Feel the Heat from Low Pricing, Wildfires
Aug 20 2024 // Small-scale cannabis farmers in California are calling it quits, crushed by crop damage from devastating wildfires and sliding prices, and industry experts expect the exodus to continue near-term in the largest pot market...
California Commissioner Invites Input on Final Phase of Wildfire Modeling Regulation
Aug 19 2024 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara has invited public input as he begins the final phase of approving a “first of its kind” catastrophe modeling and ratemaking regulation that “will help...
Europe’s $42 Billion Effort to Fight Wildfires Is an Uphill Battle
Aug 19 2024 // Europe is spending tens of billions of euros a year to fight wildfires, yet it hasn’t stopped blazes from flaring up across Greece and other parts of the continent this summer. This week fires on the outskirts of...
Wildfires Are Growing Under Climate Change, and Their Smoke Threatens Farmworkers
Aug 16 2024 // As wildfires scorched swaths of land in the wine country of Sonoma County in 2020, sending ash flying and choking the air with smoke, Maria Salinas harvested grapes. Her saliva turned black from inhaling the toxins, until...
Wildfire Near Athens Burns Area Nearly Twice the Size of Manhattan
Aug 16 2024 // A European Union satellite mapping agency says 104 square kilometers (40 square miles) of land was burned northeast of Athens this week during a deadly wildfire that gutted scores of homes and prompted multiple countries...
Hundreds Able to Return Home After Fleeing Wildfire Along California-Nevada Line
Aug 15 2024 // Hundreds of people were allowed to return home this week after being forced to flee a wildfire west of Reno that also shut down Interstate 80 along the California-Nevada line. About 170 firefighters continued to work to...
