What LA did right before the fires — and why it wasn't enough toggle caption Agustin Paullier/AFP via Getty Images Los Angeles is no stranger to wildfires. Los Angeles County already has strict wildfire building codes for homes and has passed rules that limit new development in wildfire-prone areas. Fire experts say the heavy toll offers lessons for other communities …
A year after Maui’s deadly fires, the hills are still filled with flammable grass toggle caption Justin Sullivan/Getty Images LAHAINA, Hawaii — There’s heavy machinery — a large mower and excavator — parked in Gordon Firestein’s neighborhood, just south of Lahaina. “So it’s a high priority for us to deal with the vegetation, especially near the roads.” toggle caption Lauren …
PARADISE, Calif. — The sky was turning orange and the embers were flying from the Camp Fire when Oney and Donna Carrell and Donna’s father sped away from their Paradise home. Dave Sapsis, a Cal Fire wildland fire scientist, said there’s no way to know definitively how many of those homes were built before 2008, but he believes “it’s the …
