Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News on Wildfires

Canada wildfires: 25,000 evacuate Jasper national park amid multiple blazes

Alberta officials order residents, seasonal workers and tourists to flee as fires and smoke descend on Rocky Mountain community

The Guardian - US

Large-scale and intense wildfires carrying smoke across northern hemisphere

Late spring and early summer blazes in Canada, Alaska and eastern Russia add to carbon emissions

The Guardian - UK

These are the parts of the US set to see haze from Canadian wildfires this week

Hundreds of wildfires are burning in the western provinces of Canada

The Independent UK

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Canada wildfires drive hundreds from homes as more scorching heat forecast

British Columbia says fire crews are battling more than 300 blazes, with more than half classified as out of control

The Guardian - US

US government urged to declare wildfire smoke and extreme heat major disasters

Fourteen attorneys general petition federal emergency officials as millions in US under excessive heat advisories

The Guardian - US

How to protect your home from wildfires – here’s what fire prevention experts say is most important

Extreme heat has already made 2024 a busy wildfire year. More acres had burned by mid-July than in all of 2023, and several communities had lost homes to wildfires.

The Conversation

Roughly 9,000 evacuated in northeast Canada due to raging wildfires

Around 9,000 people have been evacuated in northeastern Canada as the country battles hundreds of wildfires, many that have broken out in recent days.

France 24

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

California: first death of wildfire season as body found in burned-out home

Coroners in Mendocino county in northern California working to identify remains as state’s wildfires intensify

The Guardian - US

Experts worry about long-term damage after enormous chemical fire at Derrimut

Residents warned to stay away from waterways as concerns are raised about health and environment impacts

The Guardian - AU

London 'well prepared' if wildfires return, fire chief says

Global warming has created ‘a clear and present risk’ of wildfires

Evening Standard

California wildfires have burned five times the average area this year, officials say

Cal Fire head Joe Tyler urges residents to be ‘extra cautious’ and reveals fires have scorched nearly 220,000 acres

The Guardian - US

Firefighting pilot killed in reservoir crash tackling Montana blaze

The pilot leaves behind a 17-year-old son

The Independent UK

Factory fire probes won't be quick, authorities warn

Investigations into what sparked one of Melbourne's biggest factory fires will not be quick, fire and environment authorities have warned.

AAP

France's Rouen cathedral evacuated after spire catches fire

A fire broke out Thursday in the spire of the cathedral in the northern French city of Rouen, its mayor said, sharing a photo of a column of smoke rising from the Gothic landmark.

Radio France Internationale

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - AU

Woman and teenage girl found dead in Sydney home – as it happened

This blog is now closed.

The Conversation

How might the Melbourne factory fire affect health and the environment? An air pollution expert explains

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…

The Conversation

Wildfire smoke linked to thousands of premature deaths every year in California alone

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

The Independent UK

Review of prescribed fires finds gaps in key areas as US Forest Service looks to improve safety

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

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK

Mandatory evacuations underway as 900-acre wildfire rages near Yosemite National Park

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

The Guardian - US

Fast-moving wildfire erupts near Yosemite amid blistering heatwave

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

The Independent UK

Firefighters make progress against California wildfire, but heat and fire risks grow in the West

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

International Business Times

Thousands Told To Flee Raging California Wildfire

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.

The Guardian - US

Nearly 30,000 people in northern California evacuated as raging wildfire spreads

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

The Guardian - AU

Queensland coalmine fire a ‘disaster’ for climate say environmental groups

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

AAP

Fire casts pall over future of coal mine and workers

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

1 … 37 38 39 40

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

the National Weather Service

the US Forest Service

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.