FIRESTORM

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Fires force evacuations in Canada's far north
Sep 02, 2025 (AFP)
Canada is undergoing its second worst fire season in recent memory, with 8.3 million hectares (20.5 million acres) of forest -- an area the size of Austria -- s...
Spain PM says planning for deadly wildfires 'clearly insufficient'
Sep 01, 2025 (AFP)
Four people died and thousands were evacuated in the country as a heatwave baked southern Europe last month, sparking a blame game between the Socialist governm...
Climate-driven wildfires reversing pollution progress; Wildfires pile pressure on Spanish PM
Aug 28, 2025 (AFP)
The Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) annual report uses satellite data to assess levels of particulate matter worldwide, with records dating back to 1998. It trans...
Spain calls wildfires one of its worst disasters in years
Aug 26, 2025 (AFP)
The Spanish government on Tuesday described wildfires that have swept the country as one of the country's worst environmental disasters in years, as it approved...
Portugal counts the cost of its biggest ever forest fire, Spain hopeful of dousing remaining wildfires
Aug 25, 2025 (AFP)
Nearly 1,000 firefighters remained mobilised Monday in central Portugal to prevent flare-ups of what authorities said was the biggest forest fire the country ha...
Portugal suffers new wildfire death as Spain beats back blazes
Aug 23, 2025 (AFP)
A fourth Portuguese firefighter died of injuries sustained battling a wildfire Saturday as Spain slowly got the upper hand over fires that have scorched vast sw...
Spain's wildfires almost vanquished as political blame game erupts
Aug 23, 2025 (AFP)
"There are fewer of them, and the end is a lot nearer," the official, Virginia Barcones, told state television network TVE. The ones remaining were still very "...
Industry managed forests more likely to fuel megafires
Aug 21, 2025 (SPX)
The research, led by the University of Utah, University of California, Berkeley, and the United States Forest Service, is the first to identify how extreme weat...
Record EU wildfires burnt more than 1 mn hectares in 2025
Aug 21, 2025 (AFP)
Wildfires have so far ravaged more than one million hectares (2.5 million acres) in the European Union in 2025, a record since statistics began in 2006, accordi...
Threat from massive western Canada wildfire eases; Winds complicate wildfire battle in Spain
Aug 20, 2025 (AFP)
The Mount Underwood fire on Vancouver Island was one of several major blazes this summer in Canada, which is enduring its second worst wildfire season, based on...
Winds complicate wildfire battle in Spain
Aug 20, 2025 (AFP)
High winds on Wednesday hampered efforts to contain wildfires in Spain that have already scorched a record stretch of land despite lower temperatures, authoriti...
Spanish PM says 'difficult hours' left in wildfire fight
Aug 19, 2025 (AFP)
Spain still faces "difficult hours" ahead in its fight against wildfires that have ravaged a record area of land, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez warned Tuesday, d...
250 flee as Turkish rescuers battle wildfire in Gallipoli
Aug 17, 2025 (AFP)
More than 250 people were evacuated overnight as a wildfire raged on the Gallipoli peninsula flanking the Dardanelles Strait, where Turkish firefighters were ba...
Hundreds flee as rescuers battle wildfire in Gallipoli; Spain PM vows 'climate pact' on visit to fire-hit region
Aug 17, 2025 (AFP)
The fire began on Saturday in the northwestern province of Canakkale, spreading quickly in the hills near the town of Gelibolu, on the shores of the busy shippi...
Massive fire burns on mountain near western Canada city; Forest fire sweeps through northern Morocco
Aug 13, 2025 (AFP)
Nearly 20,000 residents of a community in western Canada were on standby Wednesday as a wildfire engulfed a mountain overlooking the city of Port Alberni, the l...
Three killed in European wildfires as heatwave intensifies
Aug 12, 2025 (AFP)
Heat alerts were issued in Italy, France, Spain, Portugal and the Balkans, with temperatures expected to soar above 40C. The heatwave is another sign of climate...
Man killed in Spain wildfire as European heatwave intensifies
Aug 12, 2025 (AFP)
Heat alerts were issued in Italy, France, Spain, Portugal and the Balkans, with temperatures expected to soar above 40C. One child died of heatstroke in Italy o...
Italy's Mount Vesuvius closed to tourists as wildfire rages; 'Challenging day' for firefighters battling huge blaze in France
Aug 10, 2025 (AFP)
The national fire service said it had 12 teams on the ground and six Canadair planes fighting the blaze, which has torn through the national park in southern It...
Greeks count cost of wildfire 'tragedy' near Athens; Massive French wildfire contained but 'not under control'
Aug 09, 2025 (AFP)
A howling wind ripped through the settlement on Saturday, spread dust and the bitter smell of ash coming from the surrounding hills, where fires and smouldering...
Thousands evacuated as wildfire spreads north of Los Angeles; Canada sends troops to eastern province as fire damage grows
Aug 08, 2025 (AFP)
At least 10 zones in Los Angeles and Ventura counties were under evacuation orders, with 2,700 residents displaced as of 11 pm (0600 GMT) Thursday, Ventura Coun...
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