The Latest Breaking News on Wildfires

Rural Fire Service warns residents to get ready for upcoming season and not be complacent after three wet years

Around 100 firefighters extra have been recruited since record-high temperatures last July

Climate change is forcing extreme weather conditions and wildfires in other parts of the world, including the United States, as well

The blanket of wildfire smoke that spread across large parts of the U.S. and Canada in 2023 was a wake-up call, showing what climate change could feel like in the near future for millions of people.

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A second firefighter has died as 883 wildfires continue to burn, leading to air quality advisories across North America.

Deaths of two crew days apart prompts reckoning over mounting economic and human toll of fires that have charred Canada’s forests

Gusts of wind up to 70km/h (45mph) push flames through scrub and forest parched by extreme heat.

Officials issue air quality advisories across US and with nearly 900 forest fires – many of them ‘out of control’ – burning to the north

CHICAGO -- Canada is experiencing one of its worst wildfire seasons in modern history, and experts said climate change is increasing the fires’ intensity, frequency and reach.

Wildfires have become a hot topic in Canada this year — and for good reason. Thousands of Canadians have been evacuated from their homes. Millions have experienced smoky skies and air quality advisories. More hectares of land in Canada were burned by mid-June than in any previous year since records…