A small brush fire in the town of Peshtigo got out of control Thursday afternoon, but firefighters knocked it down fast.

In regions where fire is a natural phenomenon, organisms have adapted to cope with periodic fires. Terrestrial mammals and ...

We'll have units on scene until the fire is completely out," said Richard Lietz with the DNR's Peshtigo Area forestry ... high fire danger statewide in the aftermath of a 6.5-acre wildfire that ...

The deadliest known wildland fire in the United States, and in the world, remains the 1871 conflagration in Peshtigo, Wisconsin, which killed 1,547 people. Also among the top five deadliest U.S ...