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

A scorched southwestern France braces itself for fires to come

As France frets about an extended drought and prospects for more wildfires in another long summer, one blaze that erupted eight months ago in the southwest of the country still smoulders away underground.

Reuters

Evacuated villagers tell how Spain's forest fire forced them to leave animals

Spain's first major wildfire of the year scorched more than 4,000 hectares (9,900 acres) of forest and forced 1,700 villagers to leave their homes in the Valencia and Aragon regions.

Reuters

This is what was left of a bedroom after fire in a common household object

The family got out safely after the fire was spotted by a passer-by

Wales Online

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

New Cumnock blaze drama as building fire closes A76 overnight

Enquiries are ongoing in a bid to find out what sparked the blaze.

Daily Record

First major fire of year destroys 3,000 hectares in Spain

Spain's first major wildfire of the year raged in the eastern Valencia region on Friday, destroying more than 3,000 hectares (7,413 acres) of forest and forcing 1,500 residents to abandon their homes, authorities said.

Reuters

Foreign Office warning to UK travelers as 1,500 evacuated in Spain

Emergency services in the region said eight towns have been evacuated

Wales Online

Emergency declaration revoked, Lindsay Transport depot fire in Bundaberg brought under control

Queensland Police have lifted an emergency zone after firefighters battled until 2:00am to bring an industrial fire under control in Bundaberg.

ABC News

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

Bay Area cities struggle to balance housing mandates, wildfire risks

ORINDA, California — How can cities balance new state guidelines restricting development in high-risk wildfire zones with parallel — and often conflicting — mandates for aggressive housing construction?

Tribune News Service

Exclusion zone maintained after firefighters bring Bundaberg industrial fire under control

Police and Queensland Fire and Emergency Services are due to review the exclusion zone around the scene of a smouldering industrial fire in Bundaberg East.

ABC News

Researchers design bushfire safe room that can withstand almost 1,000 degrees Celsius

Queensland researchers develop room of last resort to withstand temperatures close to 1,000 degrees.

ABC News

Fires west of Alice Springs spread, burning an estimated 100,000 hectares

There are five large blazes spreading west of Alice Springs, which have already burnt through an estimated 100,000 hectares.

ABC News

New research reveals how forests reduce their own bushfire risk, if they're left alone

Fire management in Australia is approaching crisis point. Seasons such as the Black Summer three years ago showed how our best efforts in fire-fighting and prescribed burning are insignificant in the face of a changing climate.

The Conversation

Nottinghamshire neighbours praise firefighters for saving their homes after huge blaze

When families were able to return home on Sunday, March 22, they were thankful to find everything still in one piece

Nottingham Post

Harris unveils $197 million for wildfire resilience as California’s fire season looms

WASHINGTON — Storm-ravaged Californians are still digging out from historic levels of snowfall and girding for more heavy rain this week. But Biden administration officials are looking ahead to a wildfire season that could bring more devastation once the state dries out.

Los Angeles Times

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Nottingham Post

Mansfield fire fundraiser set up for staff after huge industrial blaze

Up to 100 firefighters were on the scene

Daily Record

Huge blaze at Scots farm as emergency services rush to the scene

Four appliances rushed to the incident as firefighters battled the flames for around three hours, making sure the area was safe before leaving after 4am.

ABC News

Girls on Fire camp aims to close the gender gap in firefighting, emergency services

With three generations of firefighters in her family, 15-year-old Claire Schultz wants to challenge stereotypes about what a firefighter looks like.

AAP

Deaths of US aircrew heroes probed in bushfire inquest

An inquest into the Black Summer bushfires will examine the deaths of three American firefighters remembered as heroes after losing their lives battling blazes.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Nottingham Post

Allotment holder speaks out on 'heartbreaking' and 'indescribable' damage caused by large fire

The fire broke out at St Ann's allotments

The New Daily

Alerts up and down the eastern coast as unseasonable heat hikes bushfire risk

Unseasonal autumn heat is baking large parts of the country, with fire authorities in several states issuing bushfire alerts and warnings

The Conversation

Cultural burning is safer for koalas and better for people too

Koalas are an iconic endangered species living in a fire-prone environment. This makes them an ideal subject when investigating solutions to wildfires.

Daily Record

Blaze breaks out at Scots takeaway as emergency crews battle to control fire

Witnesses described the strong smell of smoke as the area was cordoned off and travel services diverted while emergency services deal with the incident.

Edinburgh Live

Edinburgh fire service race to shoreline blaze with smoke seen from as far away as Fife

One concerned resident looks to have captured the smoke as it rose into the Granton sky this morning. The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service remain on site tackling the fire.

Glasgow Live

Glasgow family devastated after losing beloved gran in tragic Yoker house fire

A GoFundMe has been launched to help a family have been left homeless following a tragic fire that took the life of a 60-year-old woman at a property in Yoker.

Nottingham Post

M1 emergency works after '113 tonne crane fire' as closure remains between J30 and J31

Fire crews were called to the scene of a crane fire

1 … 68 69 70 71

People

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

Organisations

the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service

101 stories

Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue 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.