Thousands homeless as blaze guts Greece’s main migrant camp
by Will VASSILOPOULOS with John HADOULIS in Athens LESBOS, Greece (AFP) -- Thousands of asylum-seekers were left homeless on Wednesday…
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Ominous orange sky gives San Francisco apocalyptic tint
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) -- People in San Francisco and elsewhere in California woke Wednesday to a deep orange…
6 years ago
Hundreds of Oregon homes destroyed by US wildfires
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) -- Hundreds of homes have been lost to massive and unprecedented Oregon wildfires with a…
6 years ago
Californians airlifted from fires as dangerous winds arrive
by Josh EDELSON / with Andrew MARSZAL in Los Angeles TOLLHOUSE, United States (AFP) -- Dangerous dry winds whipped up…
6 years ago
California fires burn record 2 million acres
NORTH FORK, United States (AFP) -- Wildfires in California have torched a record more than two million acres, the…
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Bangladesh mosque gas explosion toll rises to 24
NARAYANGANJ, Bangladesh (AFP) -- The death toll from a gas explosion that tore through a Bangladesh mosque has risen…
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Helicopters rescue over 200 trapped in California wildfire
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) -- More than 200 people were airlifted to safety after being trapped by a fast-moving…
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12 killed in Bangladesh mosque gas explosion
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AFP) -- A suspected gas explosion tore through a Bangladesh mosque killing at least 12 people while dozens…
6 years ago
Soldier killed, two injured in Ukraine forest fire
KIEV, Ukraine (AFP) -- One Ukrainian soldier died and two others were injured in forest fires in Ukraine's eastern Lugansk…
6 years ago
Greek wildfire spares key archaeological site
ATHENS, Greece (AFP) -- One of Greece's most important archaeological sites escaped serious damage after firefighters tamed a wildfire that…
6 years ago
California fires spread, fouling air and spurring evacuations
by Jocelyne ZABLIT Agence France Presse LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) -- Thick smoke blanketed large areas of central…
6 years ago
Thousands flee as fast-moving wildfires spread in California
by Jocelyne ZABLIT Agence France Presse LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) -- Thousands of people fled their homes in…
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