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Paul Baddeley says he has been driven "nuts" by repeated fires on Marsden Moor

An intense start to wildfire season in Canada's main oil province Alberta has put Premier Danielle Smith's disaster management skills - as well as her party's policies - under the microscope ahead of the provincial election on May 29.

Dead are mainly elderly people unable to flee, Russia media report

Unseasonably hot and dry weather conditions in early May 2023 led to dozens of forest fires in western Canada. As of May 6, the Alberta government declared a state of emergency over wildfires, and at the time of writing this article, nearly 30,000 people had to be evacuated. Although it…

Author John Vaillant’s Fire Weather chronicles the 2016 Fort McMurray blaze – Canada’s costliest natural disaster

The blaze spread to two sheds and to the back of three houses, the fire service said

Wildfires in Canada's main oil-producing province Alberta eased on Tuesday thanks to cooler weather, but thousands of people remained under evacuation orders and officials warned temperatures were expected to rise in coming days.

Fire crews were sent to a field in East Lothian on Monday evening after they were alerted to hay bales being on fire near the Spott Roundabout in Dunbar. Flames could be seen for miles.

Wildfires have raged in Russia’s Ural mountains and in Siberia this week, with authorities promising to swiftly contain them

Favourable weather could help efforts to contain more than 100 wildfires, Alberta officials say.

Officials reported 108 fires active in Alberta, Canada - with the number of evacuees forced to abandon their homes climbing to around 29,000 after a state emergency was declared across the state