Wildfires devastate forests across Utah each summer and researchers at Brigham Young University have discovered burn scars from those fires can lead to deeper snowpacks that provide more water for Utah's reservoirs.

Officials with the New South Wales Police Force said they have taken legal action against more than 180 people during the 2019-20 wildfire season.

Utah BLM firefighter Jason Porter said he and his group of firefighters will be traveling to the Victoria, Australia, to begin battling fires in the East Gippsland area.

Additional U.S. wildfire crews will be sent to Australia to assist with ongoing wildfire suppression efforts, according to officials with the National Interagency Fire Center.

Almost a third of koalas in Australia's New South Wales region may have been killed in deadly bushfires, which have been burning out of control, the Federal Environment Minister Sussan Ley said.

Firefighters from Utah and other western states are heading to Australia to help battle wildfires that have burned over 12 million acres, destroyed thousands of homes and killed at least nine people.

For much of the United States, invasive grass species are making wildfires more frequent.

SPANISH FORK, Utah – Firefighters continued to battle a wildfire burning near the Diamond Campground area Sunday. We will add updates here as they continue to release information. Sunday 10:30 a.m. #uwcnf #Diamondfire fire personnel have mapped the fire at 152 acres, crews will be putting in hand-line today. Snow is beginning to accumulate. Safety […]

Chason Horton says they gathered most of their cows during their fall round-up but still have about 50 animals on the other side of the mountain.

Evacuations are underway slightly north of Diamond Campground in the Wanrhodes Creek area in Diamond Fork due to a fire that has already spread to 20 acres, Utah County Sheriff's Office Sgt. Spencer Cannon said.