Containment happens when barriers, known as firebreaks, get in the way of a fire’s forward momentum. Sometimes those barriers are natural, like rivers or terrain without burnable fuel.

If a wildfire has been 100 percent contained, does that mean it’s out? What about controlled? What do those containment percentages in daily fire updates mean, anyway?

A proposed project by the state Department of Land and Natural Resources would expand firebreaks on Maunakea in order to protect an endangered bird.

What does wildfire containment mean? Containment, normally expressed as a percentage, indicates how much of the fire has been enclosed by a control line.

Fire Service and municipal crews dug firebreaks outside evacuated villages on the Greek island of Lesbos halting a wildfire that had threatened scores of homes, authorities said ...

So, why did she write to “encourage firebreaks” instead of simply having Maui County Council require them by ordinance? Who in the county administration wanted her to word it like that?

Hawaii maintains a network of firebreaks to keep wildfire from spreading, but that system includes hundreds of miles of gaps that need to be filled to protect communities around the state.

The City of Yellowknife said it intends to develop a long-term plan for the multi-million dollar firebreaks that were hastily built this summer — but those discussions are still in the early ...

Residents and fire prevention authorities are concerned that multiple firebreaks in the Cape Peninsula on City of Cape Town and privately owned land were not maintained before the start of the ...

A federal fund announced last fall aimed to help N.W.T communities build firebreaks within eight years. But after last summer's wildfires, some communities are anxious to get the work done as soon ...

Sand firebreaks erected in France’s southwestern Gironde region are helping firefighters contain blazes that have destroyed thousands of hectares of pine forests.

Mechanical grinder quickly creates firebreaks in Oracle Officials: Clearing mimics good effects of natural fires ...