National Fire News

National Interagency Fire Center officials reported that 74 new wildfires broke out on Wednesday, prompting them to increase the Preparedness Level to 3 (out of 5), in a year in which 33,349 wildfires have already burned more than 2.6 million acres nationwide.

National Fire News

For the remainder of the stories in today's Wildfire News Of The Day, please subscribe to the free Wildfire News Of The Day newsletter

Why only a few wildfires become extreme

Wildfire NOTD subscriber Janice Coen, a Project Scientist III at the National Center for Atmospheric Research's Mesoscale & Microscale Meteorology, published a study in the journal Fire which showed that extreme wildfires depend on three things lining up: conditions that make vegetation ready to burn, a short-lived weather pattern that can support rapid fire spread, and an ignition in the right place at the wrong time.

Why only a few wildfires become extreme

For the remainder of the stories in today's Wildfire News Of The Day, please subscribe to the free Wildfire News Of The Day newsletter

Arson Expert: Palisades Fire was continuation of Lachman Blaze

A senior fire analyst refuted defense arguments at the federal arson trial regarding the deadly Palisades Fire in January 2025 that the Lachman and Palisades fires were two separate events, noting that the remains of the Lachman Fire smoldered underground for six days until it rekindled as the Palisades Fire.

Arson Expert: Palisades Fire was continuation of Lachman Blaze

For the remainder of the stories in today's Wildfire News Of The Day, please subscribe to the free Wildfire News Of The Day newsletter

Wildland firefighter health should be treated as fire infrastructure, urges emerging research focus

Wildfire NOTD subscriber Hunter Bassler, a Journalist at the IAWF's Wildfire Today, highlighted an editorial in the International Journal of Wildland Fire which addressed how the physiological and psychological stress that wildfire personnel are put under every fire season has quickly moved from the margins of fire research to the mainstream.

Wildland firefighter health should be treated as fire infrastructure, urges emerging research focus

For the remainder of the stories in today's Wildfire News Of The Day, please subscribe to the free Wildfire News Of The Day newsletter

CAL FIRE Continues to Support Innovative Science Addressing Wildfire & Forest Health Challenges with New Forest Health Research Grant Funding

CAL FIRE announced the availability of $4.5 million in California Climate Investments funding and $3 million in Proposition 4 California Climate Bond funding through the Forest Health Research Grants Program for research proposals that advance scientific understanding and develop practical solutions to the urgent forest health and wildfire challenges facing landscapes and communities.

CAL FIRE Continues to Support Innovative Science Addressing Wildfire & Forest Health Challenges with New Forest Health Research Grant Funding

For the remainder of the stories in today's Wildfire News Of The Day, please subscribe to the free Wildfire News Of The Day newsletter

Light firefighting plane lands on its nose, pilot unhurt

A Hellenic Air Force PZL Mielec M-18 Single-Engine Air-Tanker did a face plant on landing on the eastern Aegean Sea island of Lesvos, Greece, earlier today after the brakes failed to work properly during landing.

Light firefighting plane lands on its nose, pilot unhurt

For the remainder of the stories in today's Wildfire News Of The Day, please subscribe to the free Wildfire News Of The Day newsletter

CAL FIRE's new fire hawk and c-130 air tanker put to the test on Sorrento Fire

Just weeks after CAL FIRE showcased its newest firefighting aircraft during training exercises, both were called into action Monday as crews battled the 90-acre Sorrento Fire in San Diego County's Sorrento Valley.

CAL FIRE's new fire hawk and c-130 air tanker put to the test on Sorrento Fire

For the remainder of the stories in today's Wildfire News Of The Day, please subscribe to the free Wildfire News Of The Day newsletter