Did you know that electric and hybrid vehicles catch fire less frequently than gas-powered cars? But if they do, the fire is very hard to extinguish. Let's explore why that is. 'You hate Chinese ...

NORTH ATTLEBORO – An electric vehicle and its charging station may have sparked a house fire in Massachusetts early Sunday morning, firefighters believe. Flames broke out around 12:30 a.m. on ...

The Palisades and Eaton fires in Los Angeles were fully contained Saturday, marking the end of a wave of historic blazes that scorched the region this month. Altadena was one of several ...

Bad News: Next week is a concern. While confident that we will NOT see a repeat of last week, dangerous fire weather conditions are expected. #cawx #PalisadesFire #EatonFire pic.twitter.com ...

A staircase is left partially standing in the aftermath of the Palisades Fire. (John Locher/AP) ...

“Each fire presented challenges, including electric vehicles, solar panels, and magnesium fuel, but our firefighters remained undeterred, working effectively and efficiently to bring the ...

This week's newsletter takes an extended look at the Los Angeles–area fires and the alleged link between bad zoning, land use, insurance, and environmental review policies and the damage done by ...

Jennifer Balch is a fire scientist and director of the Environmental Data Science Innovation and Inclusion Lab at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Ralph Bloemers is director of fire-safe ...

Thanks to an aggressive dry season and hurricane-force winds, Los Angeles is experiencing the most devastating fires in the city’s history. At least five people have died and over 130,000 ...

In the 1970s, when I first became a firefighter, a really big fire was 10,000 acres. Oh, for those good old days. Today, a 10,000-acre fire doesn’t even raise an eyebrow unless it’s in Los ...