Researchers have shown that plumes of wildfire smoke can carry contaminants hundreds of kilometers, leaving a toxic and ...

A significant body of research demonstrates that exposure to wildfire smoke has negative effects on the brain.

Wildfire smoke causes acute health problems, like asthma or bronchitis, as well as long-term risks from cancer-producing ...

Wildfire smoke contains a "complex mixture" of fine particles that can pose hazards after just short-term exposure, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Known as PM2.5 ...

FRANKLIN COUNTY, Va. (WSET) — A wildfire quickly spread in Franklin County on Wednesday night. Now, officials said the ...

The fires burning across Los Angeles County have sent billowing plumes of black smoke into the air, posing a major health threat even as quick-moving flames have blowtorched homes, schools and ...

As devastating wildfires fanned by powerful winds ravaged Los Angeles in January 2025, a video of a street shrouded in smoke ...

The Milwaukee Fire Department told a reporter that a large scrap pile was on fire and is being extinguished. The Fire ...

The mother poured lighter fluid both upstairs and downstairs in the home, according to authorities, who called the case ...

As California expands its prescribed burning efforts, a study of more than 180 such projects suggests they are an effective ...

A blaze dubbed the Border 2 Fire had spread to 600 acres near the US-Mexico border in southern California by the evening ...