The Latest Breaking News on Wildfires

Volunteer firefighting service is bringing refugees and local people together to save Akkar province’s ancient woodlands

Evacuation orders and warnings remain in place as the blaze burns at 20% containment in El Dorado and Placer counties.

The huge blaze caused more than 500 people to flee their homes in the Gironde region

Eugene (United States) (AFP) - A wildfire raging out of control in Oregon grew in size Tuesday as residents faced evacuation orders and worsening air quality as multiple blazes scorch the US West.

LOS ANGELES — The U.S. Forest Service is resuming its prescribed burning program with new rules that it says will minimize the risk of fires escaping control and damaging communities. The announcement comes after a 90-day pause prompted by a pair of escaped burns that merged into the largest wildfire…

Hundreds of firemen have been deployed in the Gironde region south of the city of Bordeaux to fight a blaze which has already destroyed 1,300 hectares of forest and forced the evacuation of several hundred people.

New wildfires raging in southwestern France have torn through over 1,000 hectares of land and forced the evacuation of residents amid record temperatures for September

A wildfire is raging in southwestern France, destroying four houses, burning 1,300 hectares and forcing the evacuation of 540 people in an area already hit this summer by huge blazes.

Los Angeles (AFP) - A massive wildfire burned out of control Monday in Oregon forcing residents to flee and threatening towns and thousands of homes, in the latest blaze to scorch the US West during a blistering summer.