The Latest Breaking News on Wildfires

It caused a fire and damage to the property

Three boys, all 13, have been charged after fire crews battled the blaze in Kirkcaldy, Fife, for nearly nine hours.

The increasing risk of wildfires in Colorado is driving insurance carriers to raise premiums on homeowners’ policies — if they decide to insure them at all — and now the state’s insurance chief is suggesting a publicly funded pool of money be established to provide property insurance for those who…

Firefighters have worked through the night on the blaze which has devastated the building

South Australia has passed laws to allow police to electronically monitor known firebugs during the bushfire season.

NSW is facing its most significant fire risk in a decade, with two years of rain creating conditions for "prolific vegetation growth" as the fire season begins.

"What have we got to do to get authorities to do something about what's going on in that area?"

Favourable weather conditions have seen the alert level for a bushfire that had been threatening lives and homes near Albany downgraded.

Residents have been warned to stay inside as toxic smoke may settle in the area and police appeal for information on blaze at Trenayr

A firefighter has been injured and roughly 8,000 residents told to stay indoors after a "suspicious" toxic fire took hold in northern NSW.

Images taken from the scene show St Benedict's convent in Dumfries ravaged by towering flames.