As America's $2 billion candle industry attests, there is something mesmerizing about a flickering flame. Most people love to feel fire's warmth, to test its limits, and to watch the way it consumes ...

If a wildfire has been 100 percent contained, does that mean it’s out? What about controlled? What do those containment percentages in daily fire updates mean, anyway? The California Department of ...

California’s wildfires are devastating communities, but some allege the crisis is tied to water control by powerful individuals. The Resnicks have been accused of influencing policies that may have ...

In ancient Greek myth tells the story of Prometheus, who, after molding humans out of clay and teaching them the fine arts of civilization, defied the Olympian Gods by stealing the secret of fire and ...

This report was supported by the Pulitzer Center. As Canada deals with the same wildfire problems plaguing the western U.S. — fires of increasing intensity burning larger areas as the climate and ...