`Justin Wayne Halstenberg was sentenced to 16 years to life in state prison on Wednesday, Oct. 1, for setting the Line fire in Highland in September 2024 — a blaze that damaged six structures, injured ...

During wildfires, progress toward defeating a blaze is often reported as a percentage of containment. For example, on the morning of July 18, three of Colorado’s five large western slope fires had ...

Tens of thousands of acres of the San Bernardino Mountains were scorched, and thousands of residents were forced from their homes in September 2024 after two wildfires erupted in the region. The ...

Wildfire containment is the percentage of a fire's perimeter encircled by fire lines, not the amount extinguished. Containment percentages can fluctuate if the fire jumps lines or grows beyond them.