VALLEJO, CA -- A U.S. Forest Service firefighter was killed in the Lake Tahoe area after he was struck by a tree while battling a wildfire, the second firefighter killed in a California blaze since ...

Officials at the agency knew about the use of potentially dangerous “forever chemicals” in protective gear years before ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. U.S. Forest Service firefighter Alan Gudino, right, shields his face while battling the Madre fire in San Luis Obispo County in ...

House lawmakers urged the Trump administration to be more aggressive about developing respirators. With no respirators available to firefighters for filtering out chemicals released by wildfires, ...

The Siuslaw National Forest is looking to fill four permanent wildland fire positions to support local fire engine operations ...

The Deschutes National Forest said Wednesday that firefighters plan to start spring understory prescribed burning season as early as next week, if conditions become favorable. At the same time, ...

U.S. Forest Service firefighter Alan Gudino, right, shields his face while battling the Madre fire in San Luis Obispo County in July. (Noah Berger / Associated Press) The U.S. Forest Service has ...