The Latest Breaking News on Wildfires

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A very large factory fire in Melbourne sent plumes of thick, dark smoke billowing across the western part of the city on Wednesday afternoon, with authorities issuing warnings for people in surrounding suburbs. The fire has now been brought under control, but efforts to control the impacts will likely continue…

When wildfires rage, the immediate threat is obvious – but smoke from the fires actually kills far more people than the flames.

It was the largest and most destructive wildfire in New Mexico’s recorded history

The French Fire forced a local hospital to shelter in place on Thursday with more than 1,000 residents ordered to evacuate

French fire grows to more than 900 acres, as millions across US west face sweltering temperatures and dry conditions

Firefighters have made progress against a California wildfire that triggered extensive evacuation orders, but damage assessments have raised the number of destroyed structures to 25 and forecasters say heat and fire risk are expanding on the West Coast

Thousands of people have been ordered to evacuate as a wildfire rages out of control in northern California, with a swathe of the United States in the grip of a "record-breaking and dangerous" heatwave that was complicating firefighting efforts.

Thompson fire near Oroville destroys homes and vehicles as state simmers in brutal and potentially historic heatwave

The fire at Anglo American’s Grosvenor coalmine in Moranbah broke out after methane ignited

Counselling has been offered to workers "traumatised" by an underground fire that has cast uncertainty over the future of a major coal mine.