Tuesday, May 19, 2026
Today's Print

Tag: forest fires

644 hectares of grassland ravaged by 144 forest fires

BAGUIO CITY– More than 644 hectares of forest and grasslands in different parts of the Cordillera were ravaged by some 144 fires that transpired...

Athens suburbs burn as Greece calls on EU for help

Penteli, Greece—A massive wildfire in Athens' northeastern suburbs on Monday forced thousands of residents to flee their homes and sparked a Greek government appeal for...

Electronic ‘noses’ help sniff out forest fires in Germany

Sensors that can sniff out a wildfire minutes after it starts are being trialled in Brandenburg, the German region most hit by forest fires. In...

Turkey battles forest fires for fourth day

Fire crews tackled blazes for a fourth day as the number of people killed in forest fires sweeping through southern Turkey rose to six...

Thousands evacuated as forest fires rage in southern France

Around 2,700 people have been evacuated, some of them by boat, to escape forest fires that were raging Wednesday across a vast area near...

Brazilian Amazon sees worst June in 13 years for forest fires

Amazon forest fires in Brazil increased by 19.5 percent in June compared to the same month last year, making it the worst June in...

Haze, hazing

"Hazing has been outlawed but is still being done on the sly."     Two major events were the subject headlines of last week’s newspapers. The first...

Environmental cancer

The frame of raging fires in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest is a stirring scene. This has prompted scientists to warn that the fires could thrust...

43 killed in forest fires in Portugal

PENELA, Portugal"•Raging forest fires in central Portugal have killed at least 43 people, most of whom burned to death in their cars, and injured...
- Advertisement -spot_img
- Advertisement -spot_img