Severe, hard-to-control blazes in densely populated areas like Los Angeles drove the year’s record losses. By Rebecca Dzombak Even though the total area burned was relatively small, 2025 was the most economically damaging wildfire year on record ...

Wildfires in 2025 burned a relatively small area globally but caused the highest financial losses ever recorded from wildfire events. Fires in developed and densely populated regions, including Los Angeles, dramatically increased economic losses and human ...

A new analysis of global wildfire activity in 2025 reveals the world experienced some of the most destructive and deadly fire events in recent history, despite the second lowest area burned since 2002. It highlights a continued trend toward fires becoming ...

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. First, the good news: A new analysis of global wildfire activity in 2025 shows that the year had the second-lowest area burned since 2002. But at the same time, the study also revealed that the world ...

SALT LAKE CITY — 2025 was a major reminder of Utah's fire risks, after relatively quiet fire seasons the past few years. State and federal firefighters responded to more than 1,150 fires this year, which is slightly fewer than the number of fires ...

As the communities of Altadena and the Palisades continue to recover and rebuild one year after the deadly January 2025 wildfires, NBCLA is looking back at the disaster that forever changed lives, how the tragedies altered the landscape of Southern ...