Fire

Instructor Alex Blair says there's space for everyone in firefighting.

Dozens of prescribed burns take place each year in Vermont. The point of these fires is to help wildlife.

In Canada, more than 25 million acres of land — an area larger than Portugal — has burned, and the fire season shows no signs of slowing. Here's why many fires are being left to burn.

For the past few months, Canada has been dealing with some of the worst wildfires its ever seen. More than 20 million acres have burned so far — a record for the country. Firefighters from all over the world, including Vermont, have come to help fight these fires.

At various times in the past month, Vermonters have woken up to orange smoky skies due to heavy smoke from wildfires in Canada. This smoke not only leaves an eerie atmosphere, it creates unhealthy air quality that affects all sorts of Vermonters — including vulnerable populations experiencing homelessness.

Rain is expected to start on Sunday evening, potentially helping to put out wildfires in Canada's Alberta and Quebec provinces. This is already the country's worst wildfire year on record.

A wildfire near Killington burning since mid-May was finally declared "out" just this week. The blaze persisted due to dry regional conditions stretching back more than a year. Those same conditions sparked a wildland fire that burned nearly 1,000 acres in northwest Massachusetts, the biggest blaze in that state in more than two decades. State fire officials say if such conditions persist, so too will the danger of fires.

The White River Valley has lost one of its most popular roadside attractions.Eaton's Sugar House in Royalton was destroyed by fire Thursday night. No…

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State police say arson is to blame for a fire that destroyed a remote $300,000 cabin overlooking the Chittenden Reservoir on Jan. 16. Detective Sgt. Tom…