James Bartels, a former 911 dispatcher in southeast Ohio, admitted to starting dozens of fires to "give the boys something to do." ...

James Bartels was sentenced to 18 months in prison for sparking 26 fires in Wayne National Forest, prosecutors announced on Monday.

So, it seems like a terrible idea to purposefully set fires in forests, but that’s precisely what one TikToker suggested.

The Great Chicago Fire? Right date, wrong event. I am referring to the Peshtigo Fire, a forest fire that destroyed 1.2 million acres and more than a dozen towns in Wisconsin. A mass grave in the ...

Many of the claims had been promoted by President Trump, who has criticized Newsom and visited California on Friday to survey wildfire damage in Los Angeles County. CBS News Confirmed checked the ...

Trump falsely implied in a Truth Social post that Los Angeles lacked the water to put out the fires because Gov ... should be “raking” their forests to clean up dead brush and trees.

Wildfire experts and politicians must focus on saving lives and neighborhoods from future fires, and rebuild in a fire-safe ...

Cal Fire’s total base wildfire protection budget has nearly tripled over the past 10 years, from $1.1 billion in 2014‑15 to $3 billion in 2023‑24.

Conditions have been ripe for wildfires thanks to a combination of an exceptionally dry period - downtown LA has only ...

This isn’t the first time Trump has come to survey a fire-ravaged California. He was critical of the state then, as he is now.

Online posts, citing a January 10 Newsweek article, claim Newsom cut $101m in fire prevention funding. Is this true?