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Fire officials are providing updates on Louisiana's wildfires, along with some basic information about how they are fought.

Californians are no stranger to fire season and locals are preparing for possible wildfires in the Santa Monica Mountains

When mandatory evacuations for Walking Horse Lane and Early Dawn Road and adjacent areas near Big Arm were announced last Thursday afternoon by the Lake County Sheriff’s Department, Vicki Holmberg, Polson Fairgrounds caretaker, was immediately on the phone with people seeking shelter for their animals and places to park their campers and RVs. When she wasn’t on the phone, she was showing people where to put their animals.

Since its inception in 1999, the Nevada County Law Enforcement and Fire Protection Council (NCLFC) has donated more than $1.1 million in equipment and training to local first responders. These

A wildfire in south-central Colorado has grown to nearly 1,600 acres, but containment is increasing.

A wildfire in south-central Colorado has grown to nearly 1,600 acres, but containment is increasing.

A wildfire in south-central Colorado has grown to nearly 1,600 acres, but containment is increasing.

BILLINGS, Mont. - With numerous fires currently burning thousands of acres across the state, Yellowstone County Emergency Services Director K.C. Williams explains the three factors that can impact a fires behavior. How a fire behaves is a combination of fuel, weather and topography. Williams says different fuel types cause fire to behave differently. "Finer fuels that are smaller burn faster. Heavier fuels such as logs, burn a little bit slower, but both are capable of burning very intensely ba...

>> about 6 miles down the road, south from where the community is situated, crews from u.s. forest service were working the hot spots. >> right here we had a hazard tree, an oak tree that was leaning up in to some other trees that were creating overhead hazards for firefighters and the public. >> the big concern on the fire line today, the wind. they picked up, and that of course makes the fire extremely unpredictable. >> this fire is coming back to life now that the weathers changed. >> fire be...

He thought she might remember key details. >> bring her up there as a witness and have her reenact her actions on the day of the fire. her story is she smelled smoke. >> she drove up on the fire and saw it and parked her vehicle. >> and found the campfire burning at 20 x 20 feet. >> reporter: if you look there among the trees, you can see them timing bartons every step. and in their reconstruction, they stumbled across something they couldnt explain. >> the story just did not make sense within t...