Fires

An Arizona wildfire doubled in size overnight after tearing through two-dozen structures and forcing the evacuation of more than 700 homes.

A wind-driven blaze is believed to have killed a New Mexico couple and burned over 200 homes. Authorities say firefighters have kept a wind-driven blaze from pushing further into a mountain community in the southern part of the state.

While firefighters grapple with wildfires across Texas, a bit of good news emerged Monday: the Big L Fire is now “under control,” Hood County officials said.

Evacuation orders were in place across parts of several central Texas counties late Thursday as crews worked to contain the flames in dangerous fire weather — fueled by strong winds and dry conditions.

Sequoia National Park has fully reopened the Giant Forest area that was threatened by a huge wildfire last year.

State officials say rainfall has improved conditions across much of the Florida Panhandle, but the volume of dead trees and vegetation left by a Category 5 hurricane in 2018 remains a threat for additional wildfires.