Portland, Ore. — Authorities in Oregon are trying to extinguish a fire burning in one of the world's tallest trees, near the state's southern coast. The Doerner Fir, a coastal Douglas Fir tree over ...

Oregon’s tallest tree, a 326-foot Douglas fir east of Coquille in Coos County, has been on fire for two days, officials said. The blaze has severely damaged the tree and caused a 50-foot-long section ...

The historic tree is alive, but it lost some of the record height that made it the tallest Douglas fir in the world. Volunteer tree climbers Damien Carré with Oregon Tree Care in Oregon City and Logan ...

The top of a historic tree in Oregon is on fire, and investigators are trying to figure out how it happened. The Doerner Fir, a Douglas fir tree that was believed to be about 450 years old and 325 ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Crews are working to save nearly 500-year-old tree that caught fire in Oregon’s Coast Range Mountains. The fire was first reported Aug. 16, a Coos Forest Protective Association ...

A security camera in north central Wisconsin captured the dramatic moment when a bolt of lightning struck a white pine tree on Sept. 9, causing a fire that prompted neighbors to spring into action. A ...

Prescribed burns are common tools for land managers, but researchers say Indigenous burning went beyond that, using fire as a land stewardship tool to care for the environment. Tree rings are ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The historic street known this time of year as Christmas Tree Lane escaped major damage from the Eaton Fire in ...

After more than a century of fire suppression in California’s forests, mounting evidence shows that frequent fire — through practices like prescribed fire or Indigenous cultural burning — can improve ...