Wildfire behavior is driven by three primary factors: fuel, weather, and topography. While weather and terrain cannot be ...

Favorable weather helped firefighters trying to save communities on the south end of Lake Tahoe from an approaching wildfire, but officials warned Wednesday that stiff winds and dry conditions mean ...

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (News 4 & Fox 11) — With summer just around the corner, it’s time to start preparing for wildfires. A town hall meeting will be held in Truckee tomorrow to address wildfire ...

The Lake Tahoe area is now home to a network of sensors that detect lightning capable of starting a wildfire and report the hazard to firefighters in less than a minute. Lightning fires are some of ...

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (KGO) -- Homeowners in the Tahoe area monitoring the fires remotely have been reaching out on their doorbell cameras and security cameras to see if their houses survived. They ...

New fires starting every day. These winds are flowing out of the west. They're pushing the flames away from the fire as lightning strikes in the foothills are sparking more fire concerns, and your ...

(FOX40.COM) — The Tahoe National Forest will enter stage two fire restrictions due to increasing fire danger from current weather conditions on Friday. Video Above: Coyote Fire burns more than 600 ...

PLUMAS COUNTY, Calif. -- Firefighters working in record-breaking heat are battling the large Beckwourth Complex fire in Northern California near the Nevada border. The wildfire is the combination of ...

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – Secretary Wade Crowfoot joined the California Tahoe Conservancy (CTC) on Monday, Sept. 15, to see the work in the Tahoe Keys that started this September—a year ahead of ...

In an overwhelming bipartisan vote, the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry advanced a bill to address the growing threat of wildfires. There is now broad consensus that the poor ...

UC Davis forest ecologist Hugh Safford overlooks Echo Lake in the Lake Tahoe Basin. In August 2021, the Caldor Fire entered the basin but spared the communities of Meyers and Christmas Valley due to ...