The Latest Breaking News on Wildfires

CONCERN is growing about a potential loophole in new legislation that could allow damaging fires to continue on Scotland’s valuable peatland...

Headlines across the world this year focused on fires, including both wildfires and the use of military firepower, in various places.

Seasonal bushfire outlook for 2023-24 suggests large areas of eastern Australia could burn but authorities say forecast not as dire as 2019’s black summer

Every state has been put on alert for a heightened bushfire risk over summer with metropolitan areas among those under threat.

Families are being urged to act out a fire escape plan with their kids

The natural world is caught in a vicious cycle – extreme weather is destroying natural habitats and wildlife, yet these are crucial to fighting the climate crisis

Firefighters battling a destructive fire that has destroyed 18 homes in the Perth metropolitan area are confronting a new blaze amid heatwave conditions.

Authorities say it will take at least another three to four days to bring blaze in city’s north-east under control

In August, wildfires in Evros killed a group of people, including children, passing along a well-trodden migration route. Locals and politicians made the victims scapegoats for the disaster

A large bushfire in Perth's north has destroyed at least 10 homes and is not expected to be under control for days, authorities say.

A dangerous 12% annual spike in fire accidents in Bengaluru has shifted the spotlight back on the need for stringent enforcement of fire safety regulations. An accelerated vertical push, symbolised by the mushrooming high-rises across the city has injected a sense of urgency. This, when blatant violations in building plans…