The Latest Breaking News on Wildfires

Terrified Scots family fled to safety after car torched by thugs outside home

Nicola Elliot says she grabbed her 10-year-old daughter and their pets and fled after hearing the explosion outside.

Daily Record · Jan 26, 2023

Hero passerby ‘kicks down door to rescue people from burning house’ in south London

A man was taken to hospital and others treated near the South Norwood home

Evening Standard · Jan 26, 2023

Glasgow residents alarmed after eight cars 'torched' as police launch probe

Residents have described chaotic scenes after a number of vehicles were allegedly set alight on several streets in the Penilee and Hillington areas of Glasgow in the early hours.

Glasgow Live · Jan 26, 2023

West Belfast blaze sees person rescued by firefighters

The incident happened at La Salle Park

Belfast Live · Jan 26, 2023

Man's body found in bushfire zone at Mt Gibson in WA's Mid West

Firefighters make a grim discovery, finding the remains of a man inside a fire ground at Mount Gibson in WA's Mid West.

ABC News · Jan 26, 2023

18 children injured, 1 critically, in fire sparked by lithium-ion battery at NYC day-care house

NEW YORK — Eighteen children were injured Wednesday in a fire that was sparked by a lithium-ion battery at a Queens day care, officials said.

Tribune News Service · Jan 26, 2023

Hundreds of residents forced to leave housing block ruled 'serious risk to life'

Horrified fire fighters were left appalled at the hazardous state of the building in Leeds, and were forced to immediately evacuate the hundreds of students living there

Daily Mirror · Jan 25, 2023

Army could be called in if firefighters vote to strike

The Fire Brigades’ Union is counting ballots on Friday but believes members will ‘overwhelmingly’ support industrial action

Evening Standard · Jan 25, 2023

Memories of 2003 bushfires still vivid for Gippsland residents 20 years later

It was the biggest fire Victoria had seen for almost 70 years. It burned for 60 days and destroyed 41 homes. Now, 20 years on, residents are still processing what they saw.

ABC News · Jan 25, 2023

Neighbours relieved 'dramatic' Wollaton bungalow fire was not more dangerous

Fire crews were called to Middleton Boulevard, Wollaton at 10.47am on Tuesday, January 24, where a blaze had taken hold in a garage and spread to a bungalow.

Nottingham Post · Jan 25, 2023