wildfire Archives

August 12, 2025 1:14 PM

Wildfire near Spanish capital under control as one person dies

Firefighters have contained a wildfire near the Spanish capital Madrid, in the Tres Cantos area, which killed one person and prompted the evacuation of 180 people, regional authorities said on Tuesday. Favourable overnight conditions allowed for the...

August 7, 2025 8:24 AM

France battles largest wildfire in decades, one person killed

French firefighters were battling on Wednesday to control the country's biggest wildfire in almost 80 years, with the blaze in the southern Aude region having already swept through an area bigger than Paris. One person died in the village of Saint-L...

July 9, 2025 2:29 PM

Wildfire loses intensity in southern France, firefighters continue battle

A wildfire that reached the northwestern outskirts of France's second city of Marseille lost intensity overnight, but firefighters were still battling the flames on Wednesday. Residents who had been told on Tuesday to stay in their homes for their o...

July 8, 2025 4:55 PM

Spain: More than 18,000 people in lockdown as wildfire rages in Catalonia

Spanish authorities ordered more than 18,000 residents of the northeastern Tarragona province to remain indoors on Tuesday and several dozen were evacuated as a wildfire raged out of control, consuming almost 3,000 hectares (7,413 acres) of vegetatio...

January 16, 2025 11:00 AM

Los Angeles ‘Red Flag’ wildfire warnings expire, but dangers persist

Red Flag warnings advising of extreme wildfire danger expired across the Los Angeles area late on Wednesday, but forecasters warned that dry and windy conditions will persist on Thursday, and that the threat of blazes remained. The National Weather ...

August 13, 2024 1:23 PM

Wildfire fanned by gales menaces Athens suburbs as residents flee

Greece's worst wildfire this year spread into the Athens suburbs on Monday, forcing hundreds of people to flee as it torched trees, homes and cars and choked busy roads with smoke and ash. The government called for help from fellow EU members to tac...

October 5, 2023 5:01 PM

Thousands evacuated on Spain’s Tenerife as summer wildfire re-ignites

Authorities on the Spanish island of Tenerife evacuated some 3,000 people from their homes overnight as a wildfire sparked by high temperatures and strong winds raged in a forested area already ravaged by fire in August. Emergency services said on O...

September 14, 2023 4:18 PM

Indonesia battles forest fires as dry season continues

The world continues to battle forest fires and dry season. After a series of wildfires in Europe, Indonesia is battling forest fire. In the South Sumatra province of Indonesia, firefighters are busy putting out peatland fires in several locations, th...