COLUMBIA COUNTY, Wash. - The Washington State Fire Marshal's Office (SFMO) has authorized state fire assistance to support Columbia County fire crews in fighting the 200-acre Highway 261 Fire.

The Butte Creek Fire is in a remote area 9 miles north of the town of Clarno, southwest of Fossil. The cause is under ...

On May 20, the final ballots will be cast for the special district elections, with Gales Creek-area voters selecting candidates to take seats on the Forest Grove Rural Fire Protection District board ...

A new social media challenge has students causing their school-issued Chromebooks to start smoking and even catch fire, causing schools to evacuate in some cases. To take part in the challenge ...

MORTON, Wash. — A fire destroyed a wooden train trestle on a historic Washington railroad that was under construction. The trestle near Morton caught fire Wednesday night, April 30. It's along a ...

NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Fire-Rescue crews responded to a reported fire at Booker T. Washington High School late Tuesday morning. According to officials, crews were dispatched around 11:45 a.m. to ...

Norfolk Fire-Rescue contained a bathroom fire at Booker T. Washington High School without injuries. Amazon denies plans to list tariff prices after President Trump calls Jeff Bezos to object ...

FOREST GROVE, Ore. (KATU) — A brush fire on NW Agaard Road in rural Washington County was contained by firefighters on Saturday, April 26, after it threatened a nearby home. Forest Grove Fire ...

Cal Fire has released new maps that identify fire-prone areas in California, and San Luis Obispo County saw an 862% increase in the number of acres included since 2011. This is large part because ...

Officials are investigating after a student's cell phone caught fire at Bentworth High School in Washington County Monday morning. Superintendent Scott Martin said in a statement sent to students ...

One in 8 Californians now live in places at risk for the kinds of devastating wildfires that tore through Los Angeles this winter, according to a Washington Post analysis of state fire maps ...