Wildfire is a natural process that has existed for as long as vegetation has covered the Earth. Occasional fires in a forest are healthy. They clear out dead wood and leaf and branch litter, leaving less fuel for future fires to burn. That helps to keep wildfires from becoming too intense.

Spencer Pratt teams up with Senator Rick Scott to push for federal investigation into California wildfire response by Gavin Newsom and Karen Bass.

For the third straight day, the wildfire is estimated to be 3,210 hectares or roughly 32 square kilometres. It is still considered out of control because of strong winds expected over the weekend from Hurricane Erin.

According to the Lane County Sheriff’s Office, the Level 3 evacuations for the neighborhood between Dillard Road, Hidden Meadows Drive, Skyhawk Way and Ridge Top Drive in Southeast Eugene were initially lowered to a Level 2 Thursday night, before being moved down to a Level 1 a short while later.

A wildfire that broke out Wednesday evening in Neum, southern Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), continued to spread on Thursday, threatening residential houses and olive groves, local authorities said.

Intense heat will blanket much of the West this week, with temperatures in some states expected to soar to record-breaking highs, elevating the risk of dangerous wildfires and heat-related illness and

Despite the Mount Underwood wildfire's status being moved to "being held," there is still lots of work to do in order for it to be considered under control, BC Wildfire Service says.

Wildfires have always affected air quality in New England. But scientists say climate change is changing how they burn and bringing more smoke to the region.