Each year, wildfires across the United States and Canada burn millions of acres and destroy thousands of homes and other structures. CNN is tracking the trends.

Wildfire seasons are now longer, more complex and more challenging than in the past, and 2026 was no exception. After a slower than average start to the season, wildfire activity, driven by periods of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Brunswick Creek wildfire consumes trees on a mountainside, in Boston Bar, B.C., on Thursday, July 9, 2026. THE CANADIAN ...

QUEBEC CITY, Aug. 18, 2026 /CNW/ -- Communities across Canada continue to experience the effects of increasingly frequent and severe wildfires. To support local preparedness and resilience, the ...

More episodes of wildfire smoke are in the offing for parts of Canada and the midwestern and northeastern United States, as the weather pattern in the coming weeks does little to extinguish the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. President Donald Trump hinted that a plan to seek revenge on Canada is in the works, but he won't reveal it just yet. Trump, 80, ...

PENTICTON, British Columbia — A wildfire that forced more than 20,000 people from their homes in western Canada moved so quickly that crews had to abandon firefighting to help residents escape, a pace ...

Faced with another summer when wildfires have scorched millions of hectares of land and blankets of smoke have disrupted daily life nationwide, Canada is trying to limit the annual devastation. Yet, ...

Over 18,000 people are under evacuation orders because of a wildfire in British Columbia, local officials said. The Bald Range fire, which started on Friday, is burning about 260 miles east of ...

President Donald Trump said he has decided how to respond to Canada over wildfire smoke drifting into the United States but is withholding details of the planned action. During a press gaggle aboard ...

PENTICTON, British Columbia — A wildfire that forced more than 20,000 people from their homes in western Canada moved so quickly that crews had to abandon firefighting to help residents escape, a pace ...