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’
High temperature to increase risk of wildfire in central Vietnam
Vietnam News 11:23 16/07/2019Average highs will range from 35 to 38 degrees Celsius in central provinces over the next days
Wildfire erupts in Vietnam’s Ha Tinh Province as locals burn tree branches
Vietnam News 11:26 12/07/2019This is the third time Ha Tinh has seen wildfires in less than two weeks
Firefighters work throughout night to battle wildfire in Vietnam’s Ha Tinh Province
Vietnam News 10:54 09/07/2019Authorities tried their best to keep the fire from spreading to nearby forests and houses
Wildfire breaks out again in north-central Vietnamese province
Vietnam News 15:44 08/07/2019A forest in Ha Tinh caught fire on Monday, one week after multiple wildfires ravaged the province
