Spain battles 20 major wildfires amid scorching heat, deploys more troops
World 11:49 18/08/2025VILLARDEVÓS -- Scorching heat hampered efforts to contain 20 major wildfires across Spain on Sunday, prompting the government to deploy an additional 500 troops from the military emergency unit to support firefighting operations.
Wildfires fanned by heatwave and strong winds rage across Europe
World 16:02 14/08/2025PATRAS, Greece/MADRID -- Wildfires caused by arsonists or thunderstorms and fanned by a heatwave and strong winds wreaked destruction across southern Europe on Wednesday, burning homes and forcing thousands of residents and tourists to flee.
Massive French wildfire now contained, 16,000 hectares affected, local authorities say
World 10:49 08/08/2025A massive wildfire that has scorched through 16,000 hectares (39,537 acres) of forest and villages in southern France since Tuesday has now been contained, local authorities said on Thursday.
Canada sends troops to eastern province as fire damage grows
World 09:51 08/08/2025Canada is sending troops and coast guard personnel to its easternmost province on Thursday to confront wildfires that have forced hundreds to evacuate, as the country endures one of its worst fire seasons on record.
Greece declares emergency on Chios over wildfires
World 14:13 24/06/2025ATHENS – Greece put the Mediterranean island of Chios under a state of emergency on Monday because of major fires that have raged since the weekend.
Firefighters battle wildfires on Greece's Chios island for second day
World 17:09 23/06/2025ATHENS -- Dozens of firefighters battled to tame wildfires fanned by strong winds on the Greek island of Chios in the northeastern Aegean Sea for a second day on Monday as authorities evacuated more villages.
South Korean city orders more than 1,200 residents to evacuate due to wildfire
World 19:11 28/04/2025The South Korean city of Daegu ordered on Monday more than 1,200 residents to evacuate after strong winds whipped up a wildfire and prompted the closure of a highway in the area due to concerns about the blaze.
Vietnam’s Kien Giang faces extreme wildfire risk as dry heat persists despite early rains
Vietnam News 16:44 26/04/2025The Forest Protection Department in Kien Giang Province, southern Vietnam warned on Friday that despite early seasonal rains, intense heat continues to pose an extreme wildfire threat across approximately 18,750 hectares of forest, with an estimated 20,000 hectares at risk in the coming weeks.
'It's gone': conservation science in Thailand's burning forest
World 14:45 04/04/2025Wildfires are common in Thailand during the country's spring burning season
Fire ravages forest at entrance to Vietnam’s Da Lat
Vietnam News 14:42 08/04/2023The blaze was largely contained after about nine hours
Table Mountain wildfire threatens University of Cape Town
World 14:56 19/04/2021A wildfire on the slopes of South Africa's Table Mountain forced University of Cape Town students to evacuate on Sunday, as runaway flames set several campus buildings ablaze and firefighters used helicopters to water-bomb the area
Vietnamese boy sets woods on fire in revenge attacks
Vietnam News 19:23 02/08/2019He is responsible for three wildfires on June 28, July 11, and July 13, with the last case done ‘just for fun’
