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Several dead in Karachi chemical factory fire

Firefighters are close to getting the inferno under control, top official in Pakistan’s port city says.

Heat wave edges higher in southern Europe, fuels wildfires

Italy saw temperatures in places upwards of 40°C, and Rome broiled. By late afternoon Friday, the heat in Florence reached 39°C. That city and Bologna also were issued alerts for Saturday by the health ministry.

Raging wildfires in Algeria claims lives

Photographs posted on social media show huge walls of flame and billowing clouds of smoke towering over villages in the forested hills in Algeria, becoming the latest Mediterranean country to be hit by wildfires.

Huge California wildfire grows, but weather helps firefighters

The Dixie Fire has ravaged 446,723 acres in four counties, up from the previous day's 434,813. That area is larger than Los Angeles, and has surpassed the sweep of the vast Bootleg Fire in southern Oregon.

Thousands evacuated in Greece as fires continue to rage

Thousands of residents and vacationers in areas where fires broke out days ago have fled by land and by sea as firefighters and volunteers battled through the night.

Dixie Fire becomes third largest in California history

A long-term drought that scientists say is driven by climate change has left the western United States parched and vulnerable to explosive and highly destructive fires.

Hundreds of volunteers in Russia join battle against wildfires

This year’s fires have torn through 4.2 million hectares of Yakutia’s swampy coniferous taiga, sending enormous plumes of smoke as far as the North Pole.

Thousands evacuate as wildfires rage across southern Europe

Fanned by soaring temperatures and strong winds, this year's fire season has been significantly more destructive than the previous average.

Fight against forest fires continues at full pace in Turkey

Agriculture and Forestry Minister Bekir Pakdemirli says a total of 125 fires have erupted since July 28 and 117 of them have been contained.

Erdogan thanks Putin for supporting fight against wildfires in Turkey

President Erdogan thanked Russian counterpart Putin for Russia's allocation of five firefighting aircraft and three more helicopters for supporting Turkey's fight against forest fires across the country, according to a statement.

Turkey battles forest fires raging in country's south

At least four dead and scores injured as firefighters, planes and helicopters try to douse multiple blazes amid suspicions of arson.

Massive wildfires in US West send haze of smoke across East Coast

The smoke on the US East Coast was reminiscent of last fall when multiple large fires burning in Oregon in the state's worst fire season in recent memory choked the local skies with smoke.