A destructive Oregon wildfire that ranks as the largest among dozens raging across the drought-parched Western United States in recent weeks was ignited by lightning but smoldered for days before ...

Rising temperatures and a growing wildfire are creating dangerous fire clouds and firestorms that can generate their own lightning in the skies above southern Oregon. The Bootleg Fire, the largest ...

The fire, burning in Southern Oregon, has grown to 399,359 acres, moving past the 2014 Buzzard Complex Fire to become the state's third-largest wildfire.

The Bootleg Fire burning in Southern Oregon is believed to have been caused by lightning, fire officials said Wednesday. The wildfire is currently the largest active wildfire in the nation, and ...

Unpredictable winds, fire clouds that spawn lightning, and flames that leap over firebreaks are confounding efforts to fight the blaze, which is sweeping through southern Oregon.

The Bootleg Fire's fast-moving flames have merged with another wildfire in the southern region of the state with the help of gusty winds, low humidity and high temperatures. The country's largest ...

In a worst case, the clouds can spawn fire tornadoes and generate their own lightning.

Firefighters battling the Bootleg fire in southeast Oregon have made significant progress in recent days, increasing containment to 84% on the nation’s largest blaze. But fire officials are ...

At the edge of the Bootleg Fire, firefighters outnumber residents in remote forest towns. It has burned for weeks, fed by winds, a tinderbox of undergrowth and erratic fire behavior.

Officials on the massive Bootleg Fire in southern Oregon, approaching 400,000 acres in size, confirmed Wednesday that the fire was determined to be lightning-caused, as more than 2,200 ...

Bracing for thunderstorms and lightning, firefighters battling the Bootleg Fire in Oregon anticipating more blazes as the state devotes as many resources as possible to an inferno that has grown ...

A destructive Oregon wildfire that ranks as the largest among dozens raging across the drought-parched Western United States in recent weeks was ignited by lightning but smoldered for days before ...