Breaking News, Latest Philippines Headlines, World, Entertainment, Politics, Weather & Video News
GIRONA, Spain (Reuters) — Much of Europe was scorched this summer, with numerous forest fires breaking out and in Spain goats and sheep are helping to fight the blazes – one nibble at a time. Dubbed ‘Goat Fire Brigades’ the animals are part of a pilot program in the Girona region of northern Spain, run by Pau Costa Foundation. Tapping into an old agricultural practice, the herds are set out to graze in strategic areas of […]
BASTIA, France (AFP) — Hundreds of firefighters were battling blazes across southern France on Monday, with one inferno spreading across 900 hectares of forest and threatening homes on the island of Corsica, emergency services said. Residents were evacuated from homes at the edge of the town of Biguglia, on the island’s northeastern coast. “The fire is very fierce and heading to urban areas of Biguglia,” lieutenant-colonel Michel Bernier, of France’s civil defense forces, told AFP. The […]
LA VERNE, California (Reuters) — A fast-moving brush fire was threatening hillside homes in Los Angeles County on Sunday (July 23) as numerous fire-fighting aircraft scrambled to drop water and retardant on the blaze. Local media said the fire had grown to 20-acres (8 hectares) on Sunday afternoon, threatening at least a dozen homes in La Verne and prompting fire officials to advise voluntary evacuations. The so-called Rodeo Fire was also impacting local highway traffic […]
MARIPOSA COUNTY, California (Reuters) — A raging wildfire in central California that has forced more than 5,000 people from their homes spread rapidly on Thursday (July 20) after destroying dozens of buildings not far from Yosemite National Park, fire officials said. The Detwiler Fire, which is menacing the former gold rush town of Mariposa in the Sierra Nevada foothills, is only 10 percent contained, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire, […]
by Thomas Cabral Agence France Presse PENELA, Portugal — Raging forest fires in central Portugal have killed at least 57 people, most of whom burnt to death in their cars, and injured scores of others, the government said Sunday. Nearly 600 firefighters and 160 vehicles were dispatched late Saturday to tackle the blaze, which broke out in the afternoon in the municipality of Pedrogao Grande, about 50 kilometers (30 miles) from Coimbra, before spreading fast […]
https://youtu.be/ykzGXeQ2Eck Tens of thousands of people are evacuated from the Canadian city of Fort McMurray as forest fires rage in Alberta’s oil sands region. (courtesy AFPTV)
In California, residents contend with an epic water drought and forest fires.
