GATLINBURG, TENN. — One family has a surprising reason to be thankful in the wake of the devastating wildfires that raged through Tennessee, claiming lives and property.

GATLINBURG, TENN. — Authorities on Wednesday, Dec. 7 charged two juveniles in an East Tennessee wildfire that killed 14 people and destroyed or damaged more than 2,400 buildings in an iconic tourism spot at the foot of the Great Smoky Mountains. Officials offered few other specifics about how they think the two started a fire …read more.

GATLINBURG, TENN. — Parts of two popular Tennessee tourist towns on the edge of Great Smoky Mountains National Park were on fire Tuesday morning, along with much of the timberlands surrounding them.

BEAVER CREEK, COLO. — A photo taken by a firefighter battling the Beaver Creek Fire near the Colorado-Wyoming border is getting quite the attention online.

FORT MCMURRAY, ALBERTA, CANADA — A massive wildfire near Fort McMurray in Alberta, Canada, that has grown to five times its initial size has spread south, forcing more evacuations on Thursday after 88,000 people fled the city in the nation’s energy heartland.

LAKE COUNTY, FLA. — An injured bear cub is on the mend after firefighters rescued him Thursday from a Florida brush fire.

INDIANA REGION — In an unusually busy year, the American Red Cross helped hundreds of thousands of people impacted by disasters in 2015, both here at home and around the globe. Red Cross disaster workers responded to 176 large U.S. disasters — more than each of the past three years. The cost of just the …read more.