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HORRY COUNTY, S.C. — South Carolina crews fighting a major wildfire in Horry County will get some added help -- and a chance to rest -- on Saturday with help from mutual aid out of Florida.

Table Rock Fire continues to grow, with significant fire activity on north perimeter toward North Carolina state line, ...

All told, the size of orange and red patches on the new maps is 3,626 square miles — an area nearly twice the size of ...

The number of acres in the top two fire zones that must comply with stiffer, fire-safe building codes increased 76% in Southern California areas protected by local firefighters, new state hazard ...

Due to low humidity and increasingly gusty wind conditions, officials with the North Carolina Forest Service are asking residents not to burn again this week and into next week. Fire weather ...

With the release of its fourth and final round of color-coded hazard maps on Monday, March 24, California’s firefighting agency is showing just how much of the state is prone to wildfire — and ...

Due to the efforts of hundreds of first responders from across Long Island, and the rapid response of state officials, the weekend’s brush fires in eastern Suffolk County were contained with ...