wildfire

EU environment ministers hold minute of silence for Portugal forest fire victims

LUXEMBOURG, Luxembourg (Reuters) - EU environment ministers gathered in Luxembourg on Monday (June 19) held a minute of silence for…

Full destruction from Portugal fire seen from sky as Spanish air force dump gallons of water over wildfire

PEDROGAO GRANDE, Portugal (Reuters) - The full extent of the damage caused by a forest fire that ravaged parts of…

Fires rage in California

CALIFORNIA, United States (Reuters) - Firefighters continue to battle an explosive wildfire Sunday (April 17) which blackened more than 500…

Tourists arrive in Portugal amid news of forest fire tragedy

LISBON, Portugal (Reuters) - Holiday makers arriving on Sunday (June 18) night at Lisbon's airport said they were concerned about…

Portugal’s president declares national mourning following fire that killed 62 people

LISBON, Portugal (Reuters) - Portugal’s president Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa on Sunday (June 18) addressed the nation following a huge…

Survivors of 2010’s earthquake/tsunami, now struggling with wildfires

VICHUQUEN, Chile (Reuters) -- The worst wildfires in Chile's modern history which are ravaging wide swaths of the country's central-south…

Six people killed by Chile wildfires

SANTIAGO, Chile (AFP) -- Six people -- among them four firefighters and two police -- have now been killed battling…

Neighborhoods west of Denver evacuated ahead of fast-moving wildfire

  COLORADO, United States (Reuters) --  fast-growing wildfire prompted the evacuation on Monday (November 28) from an area of Green…

Homes and woods burnt as Israeli wildfires spread

HAIFA, Israel (Reuters) -- Wildfires tore across central and northern Israel on Friday (November 25) forcing tens of thousands of residents…

Tens of thousands flee raging Israeli bushfires

HAIFA, Israel (AFP) - by Jonah Mandel Raging bushfires forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of people from parts…

Wildfires hit Portugal’s tourist Algarve region

LISBON, Portugal (AFP) -- Portugal's Algarve tourist region  was the latest to be hit by violent forest fires Thursday, prompting…

Arsonists blamed for Spanish wildfires

JAVEA, Spain (AFP) - Spanish authorities on Tuesday blamed arsonists and record temperatures for wildfires ravaging the eastern coast near the…

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