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Japan deploys 2,000 firefighters to tackle biggest forest blaze

TOKYO – More than 2,000 firefighters are battling Japan’s biggest forest fire in three decades, officials said Monday, as some 4,600 residents remain under...

Help from above

A chopper from 205th Tactical Helicopter Wing and 505th Search and Rescue Group airlifts water to combat a devastating forest fire in Brgy. Barbaquezo, Carasi,...

Village evacuated over forest fire in southern Greece

Athens, Greece - Authorities evacuated a village after a forest fire broke out on Sunday near the seaside town of Xylokastro in the Peloponnese region...

Turkey battles forest fires for third day

Izmir, Turkey - Firefighters were battling a strong forest fire in Turkey's Aegean city of Izmir for a third day on Saturday, AFP reporters said, a...

East Canada fires ‘under control’

MONTREAL, Canada – A forest fire in northeastern Canada that forced the evacuation of more than 9,000 people a week ago is now under...

Japan urges 400 to evacuate northern city over forest fire

Tokyo, Japan—More than 400 residents in northern Japan were urged to evacuate on Sunday over fears a forest fire that has been blazing for...

Laoag vice mayor urges public to prevent forest fire

Laoag City Vice Mayor Rey Carlos Fariñas on Monday called on the public to help prevent grassfires during this dry and windy season. Fariñas, founder...

Death toll in Chile forest fires rises to 22: official

At least 22 people have died in hundreds of forest fires whipped up amid a blistering heat wave in south central Chile, a senior...

One person killed fighting Morocco forest fire

One volunteer firefighter has been killed and another injured in a forest fire in northern Morocco, where new blazes have broken out after a...

Forest fires rage in scorching southwest Europe

By Daniel Silva with AFP European bureaus Firefighters battled to contain wildfires sweeping across southwest Europe on Sunday as a heatwave showed no sign of...

Forest fires rage in scorching southwest Europe

Southwest Europe endured a sixth day of a summer heatwave on Saturday that has triggered devastating forest fires as parts of the continent braced...

Wildfire

A member of the Bureau of Fire Protection takes a breather from efforts to extinguish the forest fire at Sitio Pakak in Bokod, Benguet....

Three dead as forest fires burn in Syria, Lebanon

Forest fires in Syria and neighbouring Lebanon have killed three people and burned swathes of land since Thursday, state media and officials said. A handout...

California braces for record-setting heatwave, more fires

California is bracing for  record-breaking temperatures and dangerous fire weather conditions this Labor Day weekend, with the National Weather Service urging people to limit...
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