A wildfire burning outside the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee destroyed more than 30 large vacation cabins. The 145-acre fire was first reported around 5 p.m. Sunday. Two National Guard helicopters are being dispatched Monday to help extinguish the fire which is now contained and not spreading. more »
While Australia is battling 110 wild fires, an approaching cyclone, and now a haboob decided to throw itself in the mix.
Hundreds missing, thousands homeless while devastating brushfire consumes over 60,000 hectares in southern Tasmania.
Brushfires devestates town in southern Tasmania Brushfires rained down on cities and beachside towns in Tasmania as homes and property were consumed in extreme weather. Reports of fatalities are being investigated as emergency workers check the fire devastated area of Dunalley which is east of Hobart. Around 80 properties were more »
Authorities say the biggest threat to lives and homes from a bushfire, burning near Bremer Bay on WA's South Coast, is likely to come tomorrow morning. That is when winds are expected to push the fire, which is three kilometers north of the town, in its direction. The Department of more »
The Fern Lake fire, burning in Rocky Mountain National Park since Oct.
In 1962, on the outskirts of the sleepy little town of Centralia, Pennsylvania, firefighters conducted a control burn in a landfill and allowed it to burn for some time. Unbeknownst to them, an unsealed opening created a breach in an abandoned strip mine. Connected to the strip mine is more »
A coal mine fire in New Castle, Colorado has been burning since 1899 and shows no sign of slowing down.
Fire Prevention Week was established to commemorate the Great Chicago Fire, the tragic 1871 conflagration that killed more than 250 people, left 100,000 homeless, destroyed more than 17,400 structures and burned more than 2,000 acres. The fire began on October 8, but continued into and did most of its damage more »
The battle to control a fire that has burned more than 3,000 acres in Riverside County was “looking good” Wednesday as firefighters worked to keep the blaze from spreading east into the Cahuilla Mountains, officials said. Lower temperatures and calm winds were helping crews to stop the spread of the more »
Fueled by strong winds and dry brush, a wildfire has consumed approximately 24,000 acres and destroyed more than 60 homes in Central Washington. As of late Tuesday morning, authorizes said containment levels remained at zero but about four miles of lines have been dug. The fire, near Cle more »
Fire crews were battling Monday afternoon to protect homes in the Gann's Meadow neighborhood on Highway 4 as winds coming up the Stanislaus River canyon whipped the flames of a 400-acre blaze. Crews from the U.S. Forest Service and other agencies have been fighting the fire since Saturday, said more »
Firefighters are gaining the upper hand on the East Fire in the Kaibab National Forest. The lightning-caused fire, which is one of numerous lighting-sparked fires this week around the state, is now 35 percent contained. Fire officials expect to have the fire fully containment by Thursday. Crews made progress more »
A fire straddling the Nevada-Idaho border increased by about 25 percent in one day. The Holloway Fire grew to 152,110 acres or about 238 square miles as the fire roared through dry sagebrush and grass pushed by wind and unimpeded by low humidity, said fire public information officer Marian more »
Planes have begun dropping water on the wildfire in Spain in an attempt to put out two raging fires which have killed four people, injured more than 100 and forced thousands of residents to stay indoors. Air tankers are collecting water from a reservoir and using it to fight the more »
Three people were killed and 24 others injured as wildfires raged out of control in north-eastern Spain. One man died of a heart attack while dousing flames around his home, while a father and his teenage daughter fell to their deaths when they jumped into the sea after being more »
Several archaeological sites and wildlife habitats in Range Creek were being threatened by a suspicious wildfire — Utah’s 29th large wildfire of the year. The Lighthouse Fire started Wednesday at 3 p.m. in Lighthouse Canyon near the bottom of Range Creek in Emery County. By Thursday, the blaze had more »
Tuesday, att approximately 1 p.m., the Kern County Fire Department received a call for a vegetation fire near Sand Canyon Road and Highway 58. On arrival, firefighters were faced with a fast moving fire burning in light grass and brush along west bound Highway 58, one mile east of Sand more »
A report released this week from EU-body the European Environment Agency (EEA) found the highest levels of natural pollutants were in Spain, which frequently experiences forest fires, most recently this month. Of 42 instances where the levels in Spain were reported above legal limits, 18 were caused by natural more »