FIRESTORM

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New blazes break out in fire-ravaged central Portugal
Jul 24, 2017 (AFP)
The largest of the fires was raging near Serta and residents wielding garden hoses were part of the effort to combat the flames, Portuguese television reports s...
Canada announces aid for evacuees as fires continue to blaze
Jul 19, 2017 (AFP)
Around 140 fires were burning in British Columbia on the Pacific coast, and more than half of them remained out of control, firefighting officials said. Four of...
Montenegro wildfires rage but 'under control' in Croatia and Portugal
Jul 19, 2017 (AFP)
"We expect a firefighting plane that has arrived from Ukraine to join in... Fires could be localised and put under control during the day," Montenegrin local fi...
Wildfires rage in Europe from Croatia to Portugal
Jul 18, 2017 (AFP)
About a dozen wildfires had broken out late Sunday in the villages surrounding Split, a popular tourist destination, but firefighters managed to control the bla...
Thousands more Canadians on evacuation alert as wildfires spread
Jul 17, 2017 (AFP)
The situation was worst in southern and central British Columbia, where scorching weather has left the western province on high alert for the past 10 days. Wild...
Montenegro asks for international help to fight fires
Jul 17, 2017 (AFP)
"The situation at Lustica is critical. The interior ministry of Montenegro asked for the European Union Civil Protection Mechanism" to be activated to help exti...
Canada fires drive thousands more out of their homes
Jul 16, 2017 (AFP)
The inferno's progress prompted authorities to take new emergency measures, ordering the evacuation of 24,000 people in the region including the town of William...
Thousands flee California fires, state of emergency in British Columbia
Jul 10, 2017 (AFP)
Further to the north, the Canadian province of British Columbia was under a state of emergency as fire crews there also battled blazes fueled by searing tempera...
Wildfires rage as California sizzles
Jul 08, 2017 (AFP)
Around 2,300 firefighters were battling several blazes with triple-digit temperatures recorded in valleys and inland areas. A wildfire in the Sierra Nevada foot...
NASA detects drop in global fires
Jul 03, 2017 (SPX)
The ongoing transition from nomadic cultures to settled lifestyles and intensifying agriculture has led to a steep drop not only in the use of fire on local lan...
Ten people injured in new Portugal forest fires
Jul 03, 2017 (AFP)
One fire, near the town of Tramagal, was largely under control by afternoon and "no longer presents a risk for the population and the affected zones," emergency...
Spain fire near World Heritage site 'under control'
Jun 27, 2017 (AFP)
The blaze near Huelva in the Andalusia region has affected a vast area but not yet the Donana National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage site well known for the ext...
Lightning Sparking More Boreal Forest Fires
Jun 27, 2017 (JPL)
The study, led by Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and the University of California, Irvine, examined the cause of the fires, which have been increasing in number i...
Spain firefighters gain upper hand over blaze near nature reserve
Jun 26, 2017 (AFP)
"The weather is evolving as we predicted, winds are clearly more moderate than yesterday," said the official in charge of the environment with the regional gove...
Fire licks Spanish nature reserve, 1,800 evacuated
Jun 25, 2017 (AFP)
The fire forced authorities to evacuate 1,850 people, many of whom were staying at a camp site, the Andalusian authorities said. No injuries were reported. The ...
Huge fire razes large area of Dutch nature reserve
Jun 23, 2017 (AFP)
"The fire destroyed 21 hectares (50 acres) of the Deurnese Peel reserve and a 150 firefighters have been mobilised," spokesman for the eastern Brabant fire serv...
Main forest fires in Portugal under control
Jun 22, 2017 (AFP)
The fire in Pedrogao Grande, which ravaged 30,000 hectares (74,000 acres) of forests, was doused only late Wednesday as firefighters contended with searing heat...
Wildfires pollute much more than previously thought
Jun 21, 2017 (SPX)
Naturally burning timber and brush launch what are called fine particles into the air at a rate three times as high as levels noted in emissions inventories at ...
Portugal PM leads calls for explanations as forest fires still rage
Jun 20, 2017 (AFP)
More than 1,000 firefighters still battled to control the flames which broke out in the central Pedrogao Grande region over the weekend and spread at breakneck ...
'Portugal weeps' as deadly forest fire rages
Jun 19, 2017 (AFP)
Many victims were burnt as they were trapped in their cars around the epicentre of the blaze in Pedrogao Grande, in what is the deadliest such disaster in Portu...
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