Space heaters cause most home heating fires, with 45,800 yearly incidents on average, leading to 480 deaths and costly damages.

Fire officials in Washington state are investigating a deadly blaze that killed about 40 dogs at the home of a man who claimed to be dog breeder.

The Washington state Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will be transferring 25 surplus wildland fire engines at no cost ...

GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — Numerous wildfires burned in Oregon’s forested valleys and along the coast, destroying hundreds of homes and causing mass evacuations. Farther north, flames devoured buildings ...

Washington state Insurance Commissioner Patty Kuderer heard similar stories from homeowners as she traveled the state.

Rep. Tom Dent, R-Moses Lake, is working on a bipartisan bill that would make funding for aviation wildfire suppression ...

At least 24 residences were destroyed or badly damaged at the north end of the city of some 30,000 residents, as were four downtown businesses including a recycling plant, an agricultural chemical ...

Each year the DNR divvies up a federal grant for wildfire plans in about 60 communities. Washington just received their money ...

The Northwest Forest Plan, adopted in 1994, helped quell mounting tensions between timber companies and environmentalists. It ...

Living with fire is a fact of life in our communities. A single megafire can threaten our forests, neighborhoods and ...