Multi-ignition wildfires are not overly common. But when individual fires do converge, the consequences can be catastrophic.

Drought conditions are getting worse on Colorado’s Western Slope, increasing the risk of wildfires, even as several large fires are already burning, scorching thousands of acres and forcing ...

Wildfire activity is on the upswing in Colorado and across the U.S., and state firefighting and incident management agencies ...

Wildfire behavior is shifting rapidly, reshaping how communities, ecosystems, and emergency managers must plan, prepare, and respond. Longer fire seasons, more extreme weather, and increasingly ...

Technosylva has launched what it describes as the world’s largest supercomputer dedicated to wildfire modeling, designed to simulate more than one billion fire scenarios each day. The system applies ...

BOULDER, Colo. – A new tool from NOAA is the first to ever provide hourly updates on wildfire behavior, giving more accurate and timely predictions of wildfire activity. The tool, called the Hourly ...

In a windowless, warehouse-sized lab on campus, a team of CU Boulder researchers huddle around two wind tunnels—long metal tubes that blow air currents at controlled speeds. Laura Shannon, a graduate ...

Firefighters made progress toward containing one of the largest wildfires in Colorado history over the weekend, but officials said “extreme fire weather” is expected to continue Monday and throughout ...

A southern California wildfire that has threatened thousands of homes is still only 21% contained, officials said Saturday, warning of the blaze’s “extreme” behavior amid low humidity and summer heat.