The Latest Breaking News on Wildfires

While McKinney fire rages, wildfire legislation stalls. Here’s what feds can do immediately

WASHINGTON — As the McKinney fire grew to become California’s largest of the season, leaving four people dead so far in Siskiyou County, members of Congress resigned that they could do nothing but hope:

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Aug 8, 2022

WATCH: Huge blaze rip through building site at Lanarkshire woodland

Piping and building materials appear to have been set alight deliberately

Daily Record · Aug 8, 2022

Wildfires break out across London as capital sizzles in new heatwave

Heavy ash fell on residents miles away from the origin of the wildfire

Evening Standard · Aug 7, 2022

Firefighters battle wildfire on Croatian island after man dies

Croatian water-bomber planes joined dozens of firefighters on Sunday to help contain a wildfire that killed one man on the Adriatic island of Hvar, Croatian media reported.

Reuters · Aug 7, 2022

Feltham fire: Firefighters ‘save 30 homes’ from woodland blaze in west London

The smoke could be seen by passengers on planes about to land at nearby Heathrow Airport

The Independent UK · Aug 7, 2022

Around 30 homes saved as firefighters take on Feltham inferno sweeping across grassland

Dozens of locals were evacuated from their homes as firefighters took on a huge wildfire raging across west London grassland.

Evening Standard · Aug 7, 2022

Brits warned against barbecues as fire destroys multiple gardens and damages 15 homes

Firefighters from Essex County Fire and Rescue Service battled a fierce blaze in Chelmsford, with around 15 homes damaged and 40 residents evacuated on Saturday evening

Daily Mirror · Aug 7, 2022

‘Fire-breathing dragon clouds’: a wildfire-fueled phenomenon explained

Feared pyrocumulonimbus clouds, akin to fire-triggered thunderstorms, are becoming more frequent as blazes rage

The Guardian - US · Aug 6, 2022

Wildfires are destroying California's forest carbon credit reserves-study

Carbon offsets generated from forests to counteract future climate-warming emissions from California's big polluters are rapidly being depleted as trees are ravaged by wildfire and disease, new research published on Friday suggests.

Reuters · Aug 5, 2022

Berlin munitions dump blaze still active as explosion risk impedes fire crews

Emergency services have stopped a fire at an ammunitions dump in a western Berlin forest from spreading further, but fire crews on Friday were still unable to approach the source of the blaze due to the risk that World War Two bombs might explode.

Reuters · Aug 5, 2022