“The radical environmental groups … would rather burn down the entire forest than cut a single tree,” Zinke said. nterior Secretary Ryan Zinke on Tuesday in part blamed “radical environmental groups” for contributing to wildfire conditions. Zinke, in a conference call on Tuesday, said “every time there is a thinning project out, who’s suing?” when […]

California’s biggest wildfire on record is expected to burn for the rest of the month, fire officials said on Tuesday. The Mendocino Complex Fire has already engulfed 290,692 acres (117,639 hectares) – almost the size of Los Angeles. Barely a third of it is under control, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire […]

A sixth person has died following devastating wildfires in northern California, which saw tens of thousands of people flee their homes. The latest death in the city of Redding comes despite officials saying they were “optimistic” about the fires slowing down and that they were now “gaining ground”. Shasta County Sheriff Tom Bosenko said a […]