Firefighters battle forest blaze near Athens suburbs
ATHENS, Greece (AFP) -- A fire scorched forests at the base of Mount Penteli north of Athens Tuesday and was…
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California fire departments share staff as blazes rage
LOS ALTOS, United States (AFP) -- As wildfires ravage the western United States and Canada, some fire departments near San…
5 years ago
Firefighters battle California blaze generating its own climate
CHICO, United States (AFP) -- Thousands of US firefighters are battling a blaze in California that has grown so big…
5 years ago
More residents flee as fires ravage western Canada
MONTREAL, Canada (AFP) -- Thousands of residents fled blazes in western Canada on Wednesday with several hundred soldiers scheduled to…
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Western Canada declares fire emergency as evacuations climb
MONTREAL, Canada (AFP) -- Canada's western province of British Columbia declared a state of emergency Tuesday, with wildfires expected to…
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Blaze defies US firefighters, power firm under scrutiny
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) -- The large wildfire scorching the western US state of Oregon topped 300,000 acres Monday…
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Huge fires rage in western US, Canada
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) -- More than a million acres of the western US and Canada were in…
5 years ago
Death toll rises to 64 in Iraq Covid unit fire: medic
NASIRIYAH, Iraq (AFP) -- A fire that enveloped a Covid isolation unit in southern Iraq killed 64 people, a medical…
5 years ago
At least 41 dead in Iraq Covid ward fire: health official
by Bassem al-Rikabi NASIRIYAH, Iraq (AFP) -- At least 41 people died when fire engulfed the coronavirus isolation ward of…
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Goats: unlikely allies in California’s fight against wildfires
by Inès BEL AIBA GLENDALE, United States (AFP) -- Their mission, should they choose to accept it, is simple: graze.…
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Bangladesh factory owner held after fire kills 52
by Sam Jahan and Shafiqul Alam DHAKA, Bangladesh (AFP) -- The owner of a factory where 52 people died in…
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Cyprus worst forest fire in decades kills four
by Valentine girl with Charlie Charalambous in Larnaca ARAKAPAS, Cyprus (AFP) -- Cyprus said a deadly forest fire that was…
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