The 2023 wildfire season ranks among the EU’s worst in over two decades, fuelled by climate change. Fires devastated vast areas, threatening ecosystems and lives.…
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Brazil says criminals likely set São Paulo fires Brazilian government officials suspect that “criminals” are responsible for the record number of fires that have ravaged…
Greek residents flee as wildfire rages uncontrolled near Athens A massive wildfire north of Athens has forced the evacuation of thousands of residents as flames,…
Wildfires may have destroyed half of historic Canadian town Wildfires have ravaged up to half of the historic Canadian town of Jasper, with the fires…
Greece fighting dozens of wildfires that sparked overnight causing major disruption for residents and holidaymakers. A large wildfire broke out southeast of Athens on Sunday…
Chile forest fires: At least 51 dead, say officials At least 51 people have lost their lives during the deadliest forest fire on record, as…
Wildfires across the world are devastating huge areas. Often humans are the culprits with campfires, cigarettes and even arson attacks. But the question is: Is there is a link to climate change as well, to drought and heatwaves?
One of their lawyers says there have been “extremely positive” signals from the court so far, ahead of the hearing next month.
Greece on Tuesday was battling a growing wildfire front that killed two and forced widespread evacuations in the second deadly wave of fires in a month.
Heatwave conditions have raised temperatures to dangerous levels in northern Africa and Europe.
Tens of thousands forced to flee as wildfires continue to rage on the Spanish island of Tenerife and in Canada’s North West Territories
Thousands more residents of Tenerife in Spain’s Canary Islands have fled their homes as a wildfire that authorities deemed “out of control” raged on for a fourth day.
An out-of-control wildfire on the Spanish Canary island of Tenerife has burned thousands of acres and affected nearly 8,000 people who are either evacuated or confined, authorities said Thursday.
Around 250 firefighters on Wednesday battled a wildfire raging “out of control” on Spain’s holiday island of Tenerife that forced road closures and the evacuation of five villages, officials said.
A ‘powerful’ inferno with ‘huge potential’ to spread is raging on the Spanish holiday island.
‘The closest thing I think I can compare it to is perhaps a war zone, or maybe a bomb went off.’
Hawaii fires: At least 53 dead and 1,000 missing as entire town ‘gone’ The death toll from the devastating Hawaii fires has risen to 53…
Hawaii wildfires burn historic town of Lahaina to the ground Wildfires have devastated the historic town of Lahaina on Hawaii’s island of Maui. The wildfires…
More than 1,000 firefighters are battling a series of wildfires in Portugal as it and neighboring Spain experience several days of extreme summer heat, with temperatures in many areas rising above 40 degrees Celsius (104 F).
Torrential rain, flash floods and raging wildfires have devastated Europe this summer.
Portugal battles wildfires amid third heatwave of the year Another heatwave sweeping Portugal has left thousands of hectares engulfed in flames after more wildfires broke…
Rhodes fires: Free holiday for evacuated tourists, Greek PM says Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis has pledged to give tourists who escaped the recent Rhodes wildfires,…
Disbelief doesn’t quite cover it. Neither does anger, or shock.
Canada wildfire: Firefighter dies tackling British Columbia blaze A wildfire near Fort St John, in the western province of British Columbia has claimed the life…
Satellite images show the scale of how badly torched Greece has been after a week of wildfires.