Californians live in the wildland-urban interface. And when fires sweep through it, they often leave destruction.

The Tunnel fire broke out in a wooded canyon just minutes away from UC Berkeley, where David Sapsis was working on his Ph.D.

At least 25 people have died. The threat of fire is growing, especially in zones known as the wildland-urban interface, or WUI. That’s where unoccupied wildland and human developments meet and mingle.

In a recent demonstration of Esri’s Scene Viewer technology, Anthony Schultz, its director of wildland ... interactive web map system used by the National Interagency Fire Center.

Here are fires that started in San Diego this week: A brush fire was burning close to homes in La Jolla on Thursday afternoon and quickly prompted evacuations, which have since been lifted. The Gilman ...

Oregon property owners who are receiving notices from the state that their property is in a zone with high wildfire risk and in a ...