Wildfires

It was one year ago Friday that the Eastland Complex fires began a series of wildfires that ripped through farming communities an hour and a half west of Fort Worth — killing a sheriff’s deputy and burning down dozens of homes and livelihoods.

On March 17, 2022, fires ignited one-by-one across Eastland County as a cold front produced strong winds, dry air and warm temperatures that brought a worst-case scenario to life.

As warm and dry conditions spread across the state, the Texas A&M Forest Service is raising the preparedness level to Level 2 due to the threat of increased wildfire activity.

A man whose home was destroyed in a massive fire in Balch Springs was honored Friday by the school district for which he works.

Dubbed the Lazy Fire, the fire is burning in the brush along the 300 block of W. Hells Gate Drive near Possum Kingdom Lake.

North Texas faces a very high fire danger Monday due to the combination of lower humidity and breezy conditions.

Texas A&M Forest Service has responded to 1,682 wildfires on 542,393 acres this year. On average, the agency responds to 1,194 wildland fire incidents.

Firefighters are putting out the remnants of two wildfires on a Sicilian island that forced fashion designer Giorgio Armani and dozens more to flee vacation villas overnight.

Dozens of firefighters are battling a large wildfire in a rural area of Hawaii’s Big Island. No homes are threatened. Gusts and arid conditions are making it difficult to contain the blaze. The fire started in the western reaches of the U.S. Army’s Pohakuloa Training Area, which is above the town of Waikoloa and between Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea...

The air tankers protecting Texans from wildfires are operating out of temporary facilities, but there’s a push for a more permanent setup.

Get a sneak peek as NBC 5 takes you along for a day at a firefighting air tanker base in Texas. Download NBC 5 on Roku, FireTV and AppleTV to stream the full story now.

We’ve seen dramatic video of tankers dropping thousands of gallons of fire retardant on fires around North Texas. Here are 5 Things to Know about it.

5 Things to Know about why this wildfire season is busier than usual and how much longer it could last.

As flames quickly took hold of hundreds of acres in Tolar on the west side of Hood County, the Cresson Volunteer Fire Department answered a call for help.

Firefighters say they’re making progress as they battle California’s largest and deadliest wildfire of the year.

Deputies found a jar of marijuana in his belongings, but he didn’t appear to be high, they said.

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Two bodies were found inside a charred vehicle in a driveway in the wildfire zone of a raging California blaze that is among several burning in the western U.S. amid hot, dry and gusty conditions that boost the danger that the fires will keep growing, officials said Monday.

Texas fire officials say wildfires aren’t going to stop anytime soon as state and national resources cope with fire emergencies.

A Facebook group brought together people who wanted to donate resources to those affected by wildfires.