Fire Service and municipal crews dug firebreaks outside evacuated villages on the Greek island of Lesbos early Monday halting a wildfire that had threatened scores of homes, authorities said. The ...

When I was a teenager, 60 years ago, mountain wildfires were a rarity. We had them but they were often self-contained by firebreaks; lines drawn on hillsides where the forestry managers and their ...

To help battle Newfoundland and Labrador’s historic summer of wildfires, hundreds of thousands of dollars was spent on contracts for firebreaks on an emergency basis in 2025. A firebreak is an ...

As the Flagstaff Fire threatened to crest the ridge and burn toward several south Boulder neighborhoods last week, crews built firebreaks through the open space between the homes and the mountain. Now ...

500 people were deployed to create firebreaks Saturday night to prevent a Nghe An forest fire spanning hundreds of hectares from spreading. The fire, which broke out Friday night in the north-central ...

As reported in The Maui News, Councilmember Tamara Paltin said that displaced residents shouldn’t be placed in fire-prone areas of Ukumehame, Olowalu and Launiupoko. The question is why are they fire ...

Prescribed fire is an important and effective wildlife habitat management and forestry tool. When used correctly, fire can improve habitat for a variety of wildlife species, forage for cattle, and ...

A nonprofit is working with a local construction company to install firebreaks in the Pohakea watershed that will help suppress wildfires and prevent sediment-laden runoff from reaching the ocean, ...