In Ruffner’s fire management class, SIU forestry students are following the headlines closely, letting current events in California lead their learning in a way textbooks never could.

The artificial intelligence behind Alert California is interpreting camera footage so firefighters can predict how a column of smoke will grow into a wildfire.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- No one was hurt after a fire broke out at a home on Dixie Highway early Saturday morning. Louisville Fire & Rescue Capt. Donovan Sims said crews responded to a fire in ...

A video shows the cockpit view of California Air National Guard pilots flying low and dropping fire retardant over the Hughes Fire in Los Angeles County.

The Palisades Fire and the Eaton Fire also remain active. At least 28 people have died as multiple wildfires, fueled by severe drought conditions and strong winds, rage across Southern California.

As if they aren’t already facing enough, firefighters in California also could encounter fire tornadoes — a rare but dangerous phenomenon in which wildfires create their own weather.

Stories of heartbreak and hope spread across the faces of hundreds of evacuees at the Pasadena Conference Center in the days after the Eaton Fire erupted. Tens of thousands of Southern California ...

a fire crew of 300 succeeded in containing 97% of the fire. However, investigations into the cause are ongoing. According to Cal Fire, "Numerous firefighting air tankers from throughout the State ...

As wind-whipped fires turned the L.A.-area neighborhoods of Pacific Palisades and Altadena from sunny Southern California ... maps, photos and videos to link the Palisades fire that started ...