Arizona has a lot of wildfires. But is it the worst state for them? Valley 101 looks at why there are so many fires, and what ...

Firefighters stopped the spread of the 25-acre Pioneer Fire near Tonto Basin as residents prepared for possible evacuations.

Fire crews responded near 51st Avenue and Broadway Road after reports of a brush fire on June 7, 2026. Road closed as crews ...

Forecasts call for hot, dry and windy conditions in an already challenging Arizona wildfire season. Officials have imposed ...

Battling a wildfire is never the same fight twice. The type of vegetation and terrain firefighters encounter can completely ...

Weather services in Phoenix and Flagstaff issued red flag warnings in response to increasingly gusty winds and very dry air in most of Arizona ...

Dry conditions and the influence of climate change have set up Arizona and the Southwest for a "rough" wildfire season. Forests are already dry and also suffering from a pine beetle invasion, which ...

Strong winds and extreme heat are increasing wildfire danger across Arizona this weekend. Fire officials are encouraging ...

The Hazen Fire, burning a mile southwest of Buckeye, has been 10% contained at 1,049 acres as of 2 p.m. on May 5, according to a briefing from the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management.

This wildfire season, brushy tamarisks, also known as salt cedars, are a catalyst for Arizona blazes that foul the air with acrid smoke.

Riverbank-choking thickets of tamarisks have long created a bristly nuisance and an environmental scourge in central Arizona and much of the arid West. This wildfire season, the brushy trees ...