The Latest Breaking News on Wildfires

British Columbia and Alberta are on fire. Tens of thousands of people have had to evacuate in Alberta, while much of B.C. is already experiencing higher-than-usual wildfire risk. With more than 150 fires currently burning across the two provinces, a hazardous haze is blanketing Calgary and affecting air quality as…

Chris Banffy tells the NSW coroner that he had his plane land so that he could speak directly to RFS personnel after seeing signs that a back-burn was threatening to jump containment lines.

The GHMC has served notices on a number of establishments that are potential fire hazards asking them to relocate to industrial areas.

Council bosses said his actions 'could have had far-reaching consequences'

A Rural Fire Service commander tells an inquest into the 2019-20 bushfire disaster that he did not ignore concerns raised by a supervisor about the decision to conduct a back-burn that jumped containment lines when the weather changed.

Emergency services have been called to more then 1,000 incidents

Washington (AFP) - In a first, US climate scientists have quantified the extent to which greenhouse gasses from the world's top fossil fuel companies have contributed to wildfires.

Emergency services teams begin work to assess the fatal fire at Loafers Lodge, determined to understand how the tragedy occurred.

The fire started in the nursery office

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Widespread blazes mark an intense start to wildfire season in Canada’s oil-rich province of Alberta.