The 2025 Palisades Fire in Los Angeles began as a small brushfire on New Year’s Eve, but investigators say it smouldered unseen in root systems for nearly a week before strong winds reignited it into one of the most destructive wildfires in city history.

While no fatalities occurred, the evacuation effort was widely criticized for its chaotic execution and lack of clear guidance.

The arrest sparked outrage among fellow firefighters, local officials, and immigrant rights advocates, who argued that the detention disrupted critical emergency operations and raised concerns about targeting undocumented workers during disaster response.

The system, known as the Wildfire Solution, integrates data from both public and proprietary satellites to deliver real-time intelligence on fire location, intensity, and predicted spread.

The new service will unify all federal wildland firefighting efforts under the Department of the Interior, aiming to modernize operations and eliminate long-standing inefficiencies.

The fires, which scorched large swaths of forest and threatened several communities, had already strained emergency services during one of the hottest summers on record.

Live-fire military exercises have ignited hundreds of wildfires across the United Kingdom since 2023, with unexploded ordnance from past wars compounding the danger and complicating firefighting efforts.

A rapidly expanding wildfire known as the Flat Fire has scorched over 22,000 acres in central Oregon, prompting Governor Tina Kotek to invoke the Emergency Conflagration Act to mobilize state resources.