Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Wildland firefighters work to douse flames in a fallen tree trunk during a prescribed burn in Sequoia National Park in 2019. (Gina ...

25 Investigates has learned the owner of the assisted living facility that went up in flames in July did not have liability insurance. And there is no state law requiring that they do. Ten people lost ...

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Oregon recently launched a pilot program to provide liability coverage for prescribed burns that don’t go as intended. The program covers up to $1 million in damages per burn. It’s being managed in ...

Nearly four years after Colorado’s costliest wildfire, survivors will soon have their day in court. Jury selection in a trial to determine whether Xcel Energy is liable for sparking one of the ...

Private liability insurance that would cover these burns is prohibitively expensive or unavailable, putting the people overseeing them on the hook for potential damage costs. Although the U.S. Forest ...

As California grapples with increasingly destructive wildfires due in part to climate change, many experts insist that the state must fight fire with fire and expand the use of controlled burns to ...