Wicked intelligence about a fire raging (9)
I believe the answer is:
nefarious
'wicked' is the definition.
('nefarious' can be similar in meaning to 'wicked')
'intelligence about a fire raging' is the wordplay.
'intelligence' becomes 'nous' (I've seen this before**).
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'raging' is an anagram indicator.
'a'+'fire'='afire'
'afire' is an anagram of 'efari'.
'nous' going around 'efari' is 'NEFARIOUS'.
(Other definitions for nefarious that I've seen before include "Very bad" , "Wicked, criminal" , "Extremely wicked" , "immoral?" , "Villainous" .)