A fast-moving wildfire known as the Lyle Hill Fire erupted Sunday afternoon, June 28, 2026, in Klickitat County, Washington, forcing Level 3 "Go Now" evacuations. First reported around 1:40 p.m. west of Lyle, the fire spread rapidly through dry grass, brush, and timber, driven by sustained winds near 27 mph...
SALT LAKE CITY. This week Utah experienced below-average temperatures early Monday and Tuesday, with daytime highs ranging from the upper 60s to low 90s depending on region, and persistent smoke from western wildfires including the Iron, Cherry and Cottonwood Fires. Local forecasts on Monday and Tuesday noted cooler northwest flow,...
California authorities are launching a multi‑day hazardous materials cleanup at the GKN Aerospace facility in Garden Grove following a major chemical emergency involving methyl methacrylate (MMA). The operation, scheduled from Monday, June 29, 2026, through Thursday, will remove and dispose of thousands of gallons of neutralized MMA under a unified...
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...
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...
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...
Authorities in Garden Grove, California, are preparing a large-scale hazardous materials cleanup at the GKN Aerospace manufacturing facility, scheduled to start on Monday morning, June 29, 2026. The operation follows a May 21 incident in which a 34,000-gallon outdoor tank holding about 7,000 gallons of methyl methacrylate overheated after a...
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...
Texas authorities and U.S. federal agencies are responding to an outbreak of New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite not seen in U.S. livestock for nearly 60 years. The U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed the first case on June 3, 2026, in a three-week-old beef calf in Zavala County, Texas, near...
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...
