As California battles the massive Palisades Fire, its sheer size puts the historic Great Chicago Fire of 1871 into ...

Had the Chicago History Museum known what was about to befall America’s second largest city, it might not have scheduled its ...

Two wildfires still burning in Los Angeles have torched more urban area than any other fire in the state since at least the ...

As Los Angeles faces its latest fire crisis, it must look to the lessons of past urban fires that led to sweeping changes and ...

The most devastating wildfire in Los Angeles history continues to burn, evoking comparisons to The Great Chicago Fire that ...

These six American fires led to change: political, legislative and geographic. Those tragedies helped shape the evolving ...

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As California battles the massive Palisades Fire, its sheer size puts the historic Great Chicago Fire of 1871 into perspective.

An estimated 180,000 people have fled their homes this week as firefighters battle to control several deadly wildfires across ...

The many fires burning around Los Angeles are pressing the limits of firefighting.

One historian says that Michigan’s Great Fire of 1881 in some ways still burns, offering lessons about how to prevent future ...