Following January’s deadly and destructive California wildfires, the Department of the Interior has released maps notifying Americans if they live in at-risk areas over the course of this spring.

The new maps are expected to expand the roughly 800,000 acres currently in local fire jurisdictions zoned as “very high” by an additional 247,000 acres. Some 1.16 million acres will be categor ...

and in very high fire hazard severity zones on Cal Fire maps. The bill also would block battery storage plants from being fast-tracked for approval in 270 days by state officials at the California ...

California lawmakers want to employ 3,000 firefighters year-round to tackle wildfires Newsom ordered that within 45 days state officials must post a draft of the five-foot rule and hold a public ...

Victoria’s Municipality Court held a hearing ... at a business on South Laurent Street in regards to a structural fire two weeks ago. The future of these dogs remains in the balance as the ...

CAL FIRE's maps only showed a ring of “very high” red hazard in the wildlands next to Altadena, with the vast majority of the city unmarked. Entire blocks of homes in Altadena were destroyed ...

A Scottish highland bull named Waldo has been on the run through the town of Kent for several weeks after escaping a local farm. There will be a new interim police chief in Hartford starting ...

Marvel dropped posters for a forthcoming film and one sparked quite a response. “The Fantastic Four: First Steps” tells the story of Marvel’s first family and stars Pedro Pascal as Reed ...

One person has died following a house fire on Askin Avenue on Wednesday morning, according to Windsor Fire and Rescue Services. Mike Coste, chief fire prevention officer, said fire and emergency ...

Five American-born men have earned the Victoria Cross, left ... and although rapid fire was directed upon him, and his clothes riddled with bullets he never faltered in his purpose and he not ...

Mr Battin’s Berwick electorate is close to the Country Fire Authority/Fire Rescue Victoria border in Melbourne’s southeast. He was previously critical of the rollout of the FRB. However ...