west coast wildfires

Smoke billows from the Hermits Peak and Calf Canyon fire, outside of Las Vegas, New Mexico, on May 11.

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Fire crews battling the massive New Mexico wildfire want a break from relentless wind

12:05pm May 13, 2022

by Eric Westervelt

The giant, wind-whipped blaze burning in New Mexico has displaced tens of thousands and is on track to become the largest wildfire in the state's history

Flames consume buildings as the Dixie Fire tears through the Greenville community of Plumas County, Calif., on Aug. 4, 2021.

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Dixie Fire Stirs Anxiety In The California Town Decimated In 2018 By The Camp Fire

5:12pm August 05, 2021

by Kirk Siegler

The massive Dixie Fire ignited close to where the deadly Camp Fire started, and some residents of nearby Paradise are reliving the trauma all over again.

Burned cars from a wildfire that destroyed most of the eastern Washington town of Malden on Labor Day.

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Wildfire-Ravaged Farming Town In Limbo As It Awaits Aid To Rebuild

5:14pm November 25, 2020

by Kirk Siegler

It's been almost three months since officials in Washington state first appealed to the Trump administration for millions in federal aid to help a town that was destroyed by a wildfire on Labor Day.