Cottonwood Fire Near Beaver Tops Ninety-Three Thousand Acres

 

BEAVER, Utah. Fire crews battling the Cottonwood Fire in Fishlake National Forest reported Sunday that the blaze had burned about 93,607 acres with 0% containment, as firefighters worked from State Highway 153 toward Lion Flat and strengthened lines around South Creek, Circleville and Cork Ridge while building dozer lines along...

Midwestern Cities Brace for Prolonged Dangerous Summer Heatwave

 

Chicago officials and local meteorologists warned residents this week that a heat dome will raise temperatures and humidity across the Midwest, producing heat index values from about 100 to 110°F; the National Weather Service issued Extreme Heat Watches and Warnings starting Monday through Thursday for counties including Cook and parts...

Denver braces for heat, smoke and elevated fire danger

 

Denver experienced escalating heat, gusty winds and persistent wildfire smoke Sunday and into the workweek as local forecasts signaled mid-90s temperatures and gusts up to 40–45 mph. Meteorologists issued Red Flag Warnings beginning Sunday afternoon for high country and foothills, and warned conditions could return Monday and continue through the...

Three firefighters killed battling Snyder Mesa Fire

 

Mesa County, Colorado. Three wildland firefighters died and two were injured while fighting the Snyder Mesa Fire on the Colorado–Utah border on Saturday and reported into Sunday; authorities said the lightning‑started blaze merged with nearby fires, showed extreme behavior, and had grown to roughly 28,000 acres with 0% containment as...

Colorado-Utah border wildfire merger forces evacuations

 

GRAND COUNTY, Utah — Two lightning-sparked wildfires near the Utah-Colorado border, the Snyder Mesa Fire and the Jones Fire, merged late Saturday, June 27, 2026, into a single large blaze that has burned an estimated 28,264 acres across public lands. Both fires ignited on Bureau of Land Management property after...

Los Angeles warehouse fire extinguished after eight days

 

Los Angeles, California, officials declared a massive industrial fire at a 491,000-square-foot cold storage warehouse in the Boyle Heights neighborhood fully extinguished on Wednesday evening, June 24, 2026, after it burned continuously for eight days. The blaze started on June 17 during work on solar panels on the roof of...

Garden Grove begins hazardous waste removal at GKN plant

 

Hazardous waste removal is set to begin Monday, June 29, 2026, at the GKN Aerospace facility in Garden Grove, California, following a major chemical emergency in late May. An overheating volatile chemical tank at the plant led authorities to order evacuations affecting about 50,000 residents and to close local schools...

Colorado declares disaster as Snyder Mesa wildfire expands

 

Colorado Governor Jared Polis has declared a state of disaster emergency as multiple fast-moving wildfires intensify on the state’s Western Slope. The declaration, signed Saturday, June 27, 2026, authorizes deployment of the Colorado National Guard and activates the State Emergency Operations Plan. The Snyder Mesa Fire, which began in Utah...

Kentucky Flooding Kills Four After State Declares Emergency

 

Frankfort, Kentucky. Gov. Andy Beshear declared a state of emergency on Saturday after severe thunderstorms produced flash flooding across parts of the state, prompting water rescues and reports of fatalities in Madison and Jackson Counties; officials reported multiple evacuations and warned residents that additional heavy rain was forecast through the...

United States braces for intensifying holiday heatwave

 

A large swath of the central and eastern United States is forecast to experience a dangerous and potentially life-threatening heat wave beginning Sunday, June 28, 2026, and lasting through the July 4 Independence Day weekend. A strong high-pressure “heat dome” is expected to push daytime temperatures into the 90s and...