The Christian County Emergency Management Agency (CCEMA) has suspended all open burning of yard waste and combustible materials due to ongoing dry conditions and high wildfire risk.

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) – Officials in multiple western states are battling more than seven-dozen wildfires across 13 states, including in Colorado.

CHICO, Calif. (AP) - Desperate families posted photos and messages on social media and at shelters in hopes of finding missing loved ones, many of them elderly, nearly two weeks after the deadliest, most destructive wildfire in California history.

MAGALIA, Calif. (AP) - Authorities say that 631 people are still unaccounted for after last week's deadly wildfire in Northern California. 

PARADISE, Calif. (AP) - A fierce wildfire in Northern California incinerated most of a town of about 30,000 people with flames that moved so fast there was nothing firefighters could do, authorities said Friday. 

Firefighters struggled against rugged terrain, high winds and an August heat wave Tuesday to slow the spread of the biggest wildfire ever recorded in California, an inferno that exploded to be nearly the size of Los Angeles in just 11 days.