Wildfire Today

The Railroad South Fire ignited between Indiahoma and Cache in Oklahoma at around 2 p.m. on Saturday, according to Comanche Nation Emergency Management. The fire burned 515 acres, destroyed five homes and two deaths including Taylor. The Comanche County/Lawton Emergency Management has lifted all evacuation orders for residents affected by the fire and authorities are investigating the cause.

However, publication alone is insufficient to ensure uptake by practitioners and decision-makers. Even in a hypothetical situation where scientists have produced 'the best' model, or 'complete' knowledge, not much benefit will be produced if the science just sits on a shelf.

The where, when and how of fuel treatment decisions With a big landscape, a limited budget and a diverse set of community objectives, how do we decide where, when and how fuel treatments are best undertaken to reduce wildfire risks? Decision makers have a set of options - conduct a prescribed burn, mechanically reduce the fuel, introduce grazing, or use a herbicide.

The wildfire, which started on Aug. 13 and was 0% contained as of Tuesday afternoon, has burned over 3,000 hectares (7,413 acres) of the around 5,000-hectare High Fens nature preserve, the oldest preserve in Belgium. The fire has also reportedly caused multiple explosions due to unexploded WWII-era munitions in the forest, according to German fire crews at the scene.

The 2026 wildfire season shows us that with increased wildland fire risk, more intense fire behaviour, longer seasons, and fire evolving across many landscapes, a changing climate poses significant challenges to today's fire regimes and management strategies.

Siberian wildfire smoke increases could cause thousands of deaths, billions in costs for East Asia A team from Japan's Hokkaido University's research study recently uncovered worrying findings for residents across East Asia. The team looked into the increasing frequency of wildfires in Siberia, and the growing threat of smoke that Japan and other areas downwind of Siberia are forced to breathe.

Utah's largest wildfire in nearly a decade crosses 100,000 acres burned The Babylon Fire burning in southeast Utah crossed a critical threshold on Tuesday, with firefighters still working to contain it. The fire has burned over 102,000 acres in the Manti-Lasal National Forest and sits at 21% containment as of Thursday morning, according to crews on the fireline.

Wildfire death toll rises in Spain, as Europe swelters Twelve people have died with many others injured or unaccounted for in wildfires in Almeria, southern Spain, as extreme heat continues across much of Europe. Details of the tragedy are still emerging, with the wildfire still active and authorities piecing together reports from areas worst affected.

The following is a photo essay chronicling my travels to Latin America from November 2024 through February 2025. I work a seasonal job in wildfire; generally, this is in the months of February through October in the Northern Hemisphere. In the off season, while some lock into their skis and patrol the local hill or undertake rites of passage on their respective journeys to self-discovery through recreational foreign adventures, I kept one foot in the black.

Apart from the risk of fireworks igniting wildfires, forecasters also warned about elevated fire risk due to strong gusts in the Greater Four Corners region and isolated dry thunderstorms developing in both Wyoming and portions of New Mexico and Texas. A warming trend in the western U.S.