Wildfire

Firefighters make gains against Los Angeles wildfire

The wind-driven blaze, dubbed the Saddleridge fire, broke out on Thursday night and raced through the area's dry foothills and brush-filled canyons to cover some 3,056 hectares by midday on Saturday.

Bolivia fires burn more than 4 million hectares – NGO

Friends of Nature Foundation says wildfires have been razing forest and grassland since August as government of northeastern department of Beni declares red alert.

Indonesia struggles to douse underground fires

Indonesia is regularly hit by slash-and-burn clearances of forests for farms and palm oil plantations. Many of the blazes smoulder deep underground in peatlands, where they can last for months.

As EU threatens trade retaliation, Brazil sends army to fight Amazon fires

Against the global chorus of condemnation, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been mobilising the army to help combat the blazes, while his administration launched a diplomatic charm offensive to try to mend bridges.

In Pictures: The Amazon burns

Over 70,000 fires have taken place in just Brazil this year, the consequences of which will affect humanity for generations.

Turkey forest fire destroys land equivalent to 900 football fields

The blaze broke out on Sunday in four different regions in Mugla and Izmir provinces, according to the Agriculture and Forest Ministry. Officials say the fires are now under control.

Firefighting planes resume flights over major wildfire on Greek island Evia

A state of emergency has been declared in regions of the densely-forested island east of Athens after the blaze broke out, fanned by strong winds and high temperatures.

Villages evacuated as fire burns Greek island nature reserve

Dozens of firefighters backed by water-dropping aircraft battle a wildfire on an island north of Athens that has left the Greek capital blanketed in smoke.

Putin orders army to help battle devastating wildfires in Siberia

Wildfires have spread to around three million hectares of mostly remote forest, an area almost the size of Belgium.

The PKK’s war against the environment

Hundreds of hectares of Turkey’s woodland were set alight by the PKK last week. But this is not the first time the terror group has been linked to such wildfires.

Europe heatwave: two dead in Spain, France hits record high of 45.1C

Temperatures in some parts of Spain are expected to soar past 43 degrees Celsius as other western European countries also wilt under the sweltering heat.

Forest fires rage in Spain's Catalonia

Temperatures soared in Spain amid European heatwave, causing wildfire to devour land as hundreds of firefighters battled the blaze through the night.