Walls of flames, fanned by high winds, roaring across drought-stricken land. That's the scene in Los Angeles now. It also happened in Maine. In late October 1947, massive wildfires swept across the state,

A team of Maine forest rangers and volunteer firefighters are headed to California to help fight the devastating wildfires in the Los Angeles area.

The Maine Forest Service said they were sending 20 people, including forest rangers and firefighters. The Maine Forest Service said they were sending 20 people, including forest rangers and firefighters. Carrie Underwood joined by Village People, Lee Greenwood at Trump inauguration events

Nearly two weeks after the start of two of the most devastating wildfires to hit the Los Angeles area, Southern California is under an extreme fire risk warning again.

Two Buckfield firefighters are among 20 Mainers deployed to help combat the raging blazes.

Even from thousands of miles away, fire departments here in Maine have been offering support as the fire continues to spread fast and fierce in southern California.

NPR's Scott Simon reflects on the wildfires in Los Angeles, and the words of writers who were drawn to the city.

Ferocious winds that drove the flames and led to chaotic evacuations have calmed somewhat and were not expected to be as powerful during the day. That could provide an opportunity for firefighters to make progress reining in blazes that have hopscotched across the sprawling region, including massive ones in Pacific Palisades and Altadena.

The US was hit with a record number of flood emergencies in 2024, as well as almost 40,000 fires, and several droughts across vast swaths of the country. In California alone, the number of days with a risk of “extreme autumn wildfires” has more than doubled since the early 1980s, researchers found.

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The four largest fires around Los Angeles have scorched more than 63 square miles, roughly three times the size of Manhattan.