Fire Official Says Arcing Power Lines Caused Big Nevada Brush Fire January 21, 2021 By Scott Sonner Satellite imagery and surveillance video from a casino roof 5 miles away helped pinpoint arcing power lines in gale force...
RMS Estimates that Total Insured Losses from the 2020 Western U.S. Wildfires Will Be Between US$7bn – US$13bn December 17, 2020 By Newswire Latest RMS estimate includes loss from new fires that started and spread following the previous RMS loss estimate in September...
Northwest Windstorm Kills 1, Thousands Lose Power October 15, 2020 One person died after a tree fell on them and thousands of people in western Washington were without power as...
Mechanical Problems Likely Caused Massive Washington Industrial Plant Fire October 14, 2020 Mechanical problems at a Tacoma, Wash. industrial plant are the likely cause for a fire that triggered explosions and spewed...
Team Investigating Deadly California Wildfire Seizes PG&E Equipment October 12, 2020 Fire investigators looking into what caused a wildfire that killed four people in far Northern California have taken possession of...
California Commissioner Asks Insurers to Cover Wildfire Losses Sans Home Inventory October 2, 2020 California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara is asking insurance companies help wildfire survivors by providing up to 100% of personal property...
Few Resources, Old-Growth Forest Allowed Growth of California Wildfire September 23, 2020 By Christopher Weber A lack of firefighting resources in the hours after it was sparked allowed a fast-moving wildfire to make an unprecedented...
California Wildfire Threatening More Than 1,000 Homes September 22, 2020 By Christopher Weber A wildfire burning through brush and timber from the mountains to the desert northeast of Los Angeles threatened more than...
Fire Weather May Improve for Pacific Northwest, No Such Luck for Tinderbox California September 18, 2020 By Don Jergler Rains may bring some reprieve to those suffering from massive blazes in the Pacific Northwest in the next few weeks,...
Wildfires Grow in Oregon as 500K Evacuated, Death Toll Rises September 11, 2020 By Adrees Latif and Carlos Barria Around half a million people in Oregon evacuated as dozens of extreme, wind-driven wildfires scorched U.S. West Coast states on...