FIRESTORM

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26 dead, dozens hospitalised in China building fire: state media
Nov 16, 2023 (AFP)
The fire started at a four-storey building belonging to the Yongju coal company in Shanxi province's Luliang city at around 6:50 am local time (2250 GMT on Wedn...
'Out of control' fires endanger wildlife in Brazilian wetlands
Nov 15, 2023 (AFP)
Known for its lush landscapes and vibrant wildlife, including jaguars, caimans, macaws and monkeys, the Pantanal is home to the world's biggest tropical wetland...
Southeast Texas chemical plant fire forces evacuations, shelter-in-place warnings
Nov 07, 2023 (UPI)
The fire happened at the Sound Resource Solutions plant in Shepherd and all employees have been accounted for, the officials said. One employee suffered from a ...
Desolation in Greece's Dadia park after Europe's biggest fire
Nov 03, 2023 (AFP)
Next to it, all that remains of their previous sheepfold is a pile of melted iron and other materials, the rest of it swept away by the flames that also destroy...
Hundreds evacuated as wildfire rages in Spain
Nov 03, 2023 (AFP)
About 200 firefighters backed by three water bombing planes were battling the blaze, which erupted on Thursday near the village of Montichelvo in the coastal re...
NASA flights link methane plumes to tundra fires in Western Alaska
Nov 02, 2023 (SPX)
The new study was conducted by a team of scientists working as part of NASA's Arctic-Boreal Vulnerability Experiment (ABoVE), a large-scale study of environment...
Bolivia forest fires shutter thousands of schools
Oct 26, 2023 (AFP)
Some 3,650 schools -- about 15 percent of the national total -- have been closed until Friday, minister Edgar Pary told reporters. The Santa Cruz region, Bolivi...
Smoke from Brazil Amazon rainforest fires suffocates Manaus
Oct 14, 2023 (AFP)
The city of nearly two million people has been forced to cancel some public events including a marathon. The fires in the Amazon have produced a blanket of grey...
Indonesia fire haze pushes Singapore air quality into unhealthy range
Oct 07, 2023 (AFP)
A prolonged dry season has led to a higher risk of wildfires on Indonesia's major islands, stoking fears of a repeat of the smoke-belching blazes that have affe...
Wildfire evacuees on Spain's Tenerife allowed to return home
Oct 06, 2023 (AFP)
Around 120 firefighters backed by nine helicopters were battling the blaze in an area of steep ravines in the northeast of the holiday island. The wildfire, whi...
Military joins fight against wildfire on Spain's Tenerife
Oct 05, 2023 (AFP)
Around 150 people backed by nine helicopters and planes were battling the blaze in the northeast of the island, including 60 members of the army's Military Emer...
Climate change affecting ability to prevent US wildfires: study
Oct 04, 2023 (AFP)
Controlled burns, also known as prescribed fires, are a tool to preemptively dispose of combustible vegetation with the goal of preventing larger, uncontrolled ...
Wildfire on Spain's Tenerife forces 3,000 people to evacuate
Oct 04, 2023 (AFP)
Firefighters backed by six water-dropping helicopters were battling the blaze which broke out on Wednesday afternoon in an area of steep ravines in the northeas...
Indonesian city closes schools over peatland fire haze
Oct 03, 2023 (AFP)
A prolonged dry season has caused higher risks of wildfires on the archipelago nation's major islands, stoking fears of repeat haze-belching forest fires that h...
Canada left battered by 'never before seen' wildfire season
Oct 02, 2023 (AFP)
"Never before seen," was thrown around, as was "exceptional in scale, duration" and "huge long-term consequences." "We have shattered all the records on a Canad...
Australia fires force evacuations as country swelters
Oct 01, 2023 (AFP)
People in four towns in Victoria state's Gippsland, a region of national parks and wineries popular with tourists, were told to evacuate immediately while resid...
Malaysia blames Indonesian fires for haze, poor air quality
Sep 30, 2023 (AFP)
Outbreaks of smog-belching forest fires in 2019 caused Malaysia to say it would pressure Indonesia to combat the annual problem, which is often caused by blazes...
Canadian wildfire smoke darkens Greenland skies
Sep 27, 2023 (AFP)
Canada has experienced its worst ever wildfire season this year, with every one of its 13 provinces and territories affected, and thousands of people evacuated....
Australia's firefighters face worst season in years
Sep 22, 2023 (AFP)
Deadly wildfires have devastated forests in Canada, Greece, Hawaii and elsewhere around the world this year but unlike many other countries, Australia heavily r...
Air pollution from fires hits world's poorest hardest: study
Sep 20, 2023 (AFP)
Landscape fires include blazes in forests, shrub, grass, pastures and agricultural lands, whether planned or uncontrolled such as the wildfires that have ravage...
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