Wildfires are no longer just a Western US problem. Here's what every American should know.

UL Research Institutes reports that wildfires are increasingly intense across the U.S., affecting not just Western states but also the wildland-urban interface (WUI).

Environment Northwest: Wildfire smoke threatens cattle health & milk production in Pacific Northwest

Wildfires in the Pacific Northwest are threatening cattle ranchers' livelihoods, with research showing wildfire smoke can impact livestock.

See Spokane wildfire destruction in before-and-after imagery

The Spokane-area fires have scorched more than 8,000 acres (3,200 hectares) since igniting Aug. 1 on the northern edge of Spokane, a city of about 230,000 near the Idaho border and west of the Rocky Mountain foothills.

Neighbors get first look at Spokane wildfire destruction

As wildfires ravaged hundreds of Spokane homes to ashes, some neighborhoods look like where Tim Oberst lives. Just across the street, other homes remain unscathed — spared by nature. Oberst lives

Wildfires have destroyed an area of protected tropical forest twice the size of Wales since 2001, study reveals

Over 4 million hectares (9.9 million acres) of protected tropical forest—an area double the size of Wales—have been lost to wildfires since 2001.