Wildfires devastate Bolivian nature reserves
CHIQUITOS, Bolivia (AFP) -- Wildfires, mostly started intentionally, have scorched almost 600,000 hectares of land in eastern Bolivia already this…
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People evacuated as new wildfire hits Greek island
ATHENS, Greece (AFP) -- Scores of firefighters backed by water-dropping aircraft battled a forest fire that broke out early Monday…
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Portugal wildfire ‘under control’ but still burning
LISBON, Portugal (AFP) -- More than 600 firefighters on Tuesday managed to bring a blaze under control a day after…
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Jerusalem wildfires brought under control
JERUSALEM, Undefined (AFP) -- Wildfires that have ravaged woodland in the hills west of Jerusalem since noon on Sunday have…
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More than 60 now arrested over Algeria fires lynching
ALGIERS, Algeria (AFP) -- Algerian police Tuesday announced another 25 arrests over the lynching of a man falsely accused of…
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Thousands evacuated in southern France as ‘fierce’ wildfire spreads
MARSEILLE, France (AFP) -- Thousands of people, including tourists in campsites, have been evacuated from the Var region of southern…
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Fresh fires force evacuation of Greek villages
ATHENS, Greece (AFP) -- Greek firefighters struggled to control two new blazes that broke out around Athens on Monday, forcing…
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Fire near Jerusalem forces village evacuations
JERUSALEM, Undefined (AFP) -- Residents of several villages on the outskirts of Jerusalem were evacuated on Sunday because of a…
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No survivors of Turkey fire-fighting plane crash as floods kill 55
Turkey battled disaster on two fronts on Saturday with eight people dying when a fire-fighting aircraft crashed and rescuers racing…
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Greece fires under control as reconstruction begins
ATHENS, Greece (AFP) -- Fires burning for over a week that caused Greece's worst ecological disaster in decades were finally…
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Spain battles wildfires as heatwave kicks in
MADRID, Spain (AFP) -- Firefighters battled three wildfires in Spain on Thursday as a heatwave that has enveloped southeastern Europe…
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Italy firefighters battle 500 blazes after record heat
ROME, Italy (AFP) -- Italian firefighters said Thursday they had battled more than 500 blazes overnight as another death was…
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