People are making wildfire bets on prediction markets. Experts say it could lead to disaster

As the catastrophic Los Angeles wildfires raged last year, people placed bets on how how many acres the fires would consume, ...

Visit the Lab Where They’re Fighting Fire With Fire, Literally

As wildfires intensify, threatening more people, a nonprofit is studying how to rethink homes and neighborhoods to prevent ...
NBC Bay Area

Vegetation fire burns Adobe Loop Trail area in Mountain View

Firefighters were battling a fire burning both sides of Adobe Loop Trail in Mountain View. The Mountain View Fire Department said the fire was burning a quarter of an acre on both sides of the Adobe ...
WIS TV

Bond granted for mother, father charged after children left alone in Columbia house fire

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - A mother and father are now facing charges after police say they left three kids inside a home by themselves during a house fire. On Wednesday, 21-year-old Mali’K Locke appeared ...
AZ Central

Pocket Fire near Sedona grows to 15K acres overnight with no containment

The Pocket Fire north of Sedona has burned over 15,376 acres with 0% containment. More than 950 fire personnel are battling the blaze, which has been burning since June 19. Several areas are under a ...
The Denver Post

1,200-acre Lake County fire prompts evacuations near Leadville

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A new wildfire near Leadville has scorched more than 1,200 acres and prompted mandatory evacuations for those living west of town, according to emergency ...
ABC7

Mayor issues 2 executive orders as stench grows from 85M pounds of rotten food in Boyle Heights

BOYLE HEIGHTS, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Mayor Karen Bass is vowing accountability following a massive warehouse fire in Boyle Heights. She issued two executive orders on Monday to help speed up the ...
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After deadly Inner Loop crash, here’s the latest on the city’s plan to transform the Inner Loop

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Loved ones gathered over the weekend to honor the two lives lost in Friday’s crash on the Inner Loop’s eastbound lanes. New York State Police said the crash involved a wrong-way ...
NBC Los Angeles

Cleanup begins after Boyle Heights warehouse fire, but concerns of odors linger

Crews appeared on Sunday to have begun the cleanup process of a Boyle Heights cold food storage facility that burned nearly two weeks ago and triggered shelter-in-place orders during the peak of its ...
The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel

Three firefighters died Saturday after being trapped during the Knowles Fire

Jun 28, 2026 Jun 28, 2026 Updated Jun 29, 2026 Three wildland firefighters have died and two others are reportedly badly injured in effort battling the Knowles and Gore fires near the Colorado-Utah ...
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Palisades Fire Arson Trial Ends in Mistrial After Jury Fails to Reach Verdict

Jonathan Rinderknecht is accused of starting the fire that burned more than 20,000 acres in Southern California David Crane/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty; Bill Essayli, Acting U.S.