Governor Schwarzenegger toured a neighborhood damaged by the Tea Fire and was briefed on the status of the fire. The Governor today proclaimed a state of emergency in Los Angeles County as a result of the Sayre Fire which has already burned over 2,600 acres, damaged or destroyed over 165 homes and required mandatory evacuations and road closures.

A wind-whipped wildfire, officially known as the Santa Barbara Tea Fire, has destroyed at least 100 homes and a college dormitory, injured four people and forced thousands to flee the longtime celebrity "community" of Montecito.

A wildfire in the Santa Cruz mountains has burned more than 1,000 acres, and has now been declared "out of control." Some structures have been destroyed.

There are at least four fires in Volusia County and Brevard County, in central Florida, which has forced the evacuations of hundreds of coastal residents as firefighters battles the blazes.

The AT&T Foundation, the corporate philanthropy organization of AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T), today pledged an additional $50,000 to support wildfire relief efforts in Southern California.

Using data from the SCIAMACHY instrument aboard ESA's environmental satellite Envisat, scientists have determined that the carbon monoxide hovering over Australia during the wildfire season largely originated from South American wildfires some 13 000 kilometres away.

A new study on the effects of timber harvest following wildfire shows that the potential for a recently burned forest to reburn can be high with or without logging. Recently published in the journal, Forest Ecology and Management, the study demonstrates that the likelihood of a severe reburn is affected by the timing - not just the amount - of fuel accumulation after fire.