SAN DIEGO — Having defensible space around your home during fire season is critical to keeping it safe from wildfires. CBS 8 viewers wanted to know which types of plants are fire safe in the ...

"During brush or forest fires, the trees will emit large quantities of these fumes, causing the tree to explode into flames and sometimes even causing fireballs that explode in front of the line ...

Firefighters wrapped the base of the world's largest tree in a fire-resistant blanket as they tried to save a famous grove of gigantic old-growth sequoias from wildfires burning Thursday in ...

The aluminum around the General Sherman Tree is fire-resistant and part of a gallant effort to protect the sequoias in California's rugged Sierra Nevada from threatening wildfires.

When a deadly wildfire tore through Lahaina on Maui last August, the wall of flames scorched the 151-year-old banyan tree along the historic town's Front Street. But the sprawling tree survived ...

THREE RIVERS, Calif. — Firefighters wrapped the base of the world’s largest tree in a fire-resistant blanket as they tried to save a famous grove of gigantic old-growth sequoias from wildfires ...