Now playing Next Culture news Easter Island fire causes "irreparable" damage to sacred moai statues A fire on Easter Island has damaged many of its sacred moai statues, with some of the charring said to be "irreparable". 07/10/2022
Now playing Next Turkey Two dead after helicopter crashes en route to Turkish wildfire The aircraft was travelling to tackle a forest fire near the resort town of Marmaris. 21/09/2022
Now playing Next Portugal Eleven acquitted of negligence over deadly 2017 wildfires in Portugal At least 66 people died and 44 others were injured near the town of Pedrógão in June 2017. 13/09/2022
Now playing Next no comment France: 400 hectares burned in Saumos as firefighters battle to control blaze French firefighters are battling a fire that has spread through at least 400 hectares of vegetation and forest in Saumos, Gironde and has forced residents to evacuate from their homes. 13/09/2022
Now playing Next France New wildfires rage in southwestern France amid record temperatures The town of Saumos has been evacuated while around 1,000 hectares of land have been destroyed. 13/09/2022
Now playing Next no comment Fires ravage Brazil's Amazon rainforest Fires rage in the Amazon rainforest, near Porto Velho, state of Rondonia, northern Brazil. Experts say the fires are caused mainly by illegal farmers, ranchers and speculators clearing land and torching the trees. 01/09/2022
Now playing Next Russia Region near Moscow declares state of emergency over forest fires Smoke from the blazes in the Ryazan region reached Moscow last week. 23/08/2022
Now playing Next Portugal Portugal wildfire imperils villages, Spain to declare natural disaster While Portugal remains on alert over the risk of forest fires, Spain's PM says that the country has to prepare for more summers like this one and a "climate emergency". 22/08/2022
Now playing Next no comment Portuguese park fire under control but new heat wave expected High temperatures, strong winds and severe drought helped fuel Portugal's biggest fire of the summer 19/08/2022
Now playing Next Europe News EU wildfires burned an area nearly three times the size of Luxembourg It's the biggest amount at this stage of the year since records began. 18/08/2022
Now playing Next Spain Smell of Portugal's forest fires reaches Madrid 400 kilometres away The Spanish capital's emergency services received hundreds of calls about the smell of burning, while a satellite image shows a column of smoke spreading from Portugal. 16/08/2022
Now playing Next no comment Spanish firefighters battle10,000 hectares blaze Firefighters continued to battle a blaze in the eastern coastal province of Alicante which has burned nearly 10,000 hectares and forced the evacuation of nearly 1,000 people. 16/08/2022
Now playing Next no comment Flames encroach on homes as fires force evacuations in Serra da Estrela Fires in Serra da Estrela flared up on Monday, 15 August, in the area of Vale da Amoreira (Amoreira Valley), in the municipality of Manteigas (Guarda). A village and the campsite of Valhelhas, in the municipality of Guarda, had to be evacuated. 16/08/2022
Now playing Next no comment Firefighters battle blaze in Bosnia Volunteer firefighters battle a brush fire in Hutovo, on the outskirts of Neum, the only Bosnian town on the Adriatic coast. 04/08/2022
Now playing Next no comment Buildings destroyed after the "Mckinney" fire in California In recent days, a wildfire has ravaged the Klamath National Forest in California, destroying most of the homes in the area. 03/08/2022
Now playing Next no comment Portugal: Forest fire breaks out north of Lisbon Portugal battled major forest fires over the weekend as temperatures rose sharply. 01/08/2022
Now playing Next Portugal Hundreds of firefighters battle huge forest fire near Lisbon Local residents, including 30 people from a retirement home, had to be evacuated to safety as the fire approached. 01/08/2022
Now playing Next world news Fires ongoing in Czech Republic's Bohemia Switzerland National Park Wildfires in the Czech Republic's Switzerland National Park are ongoing and have burnt almost 1100 hectares, but firefighters are optimistic as they start to bring them under control. 31/07/2022
Now playing Next no comment Fast moving McKinney fire burns forest in US A state of emergency has been declared in California as wildfires ravage the Klamath National Forest. 31/07/2022
Now playing Next no comment French wildfires: aerial images of burnt areas in Gironde Helicopter images show the forest and campsites of the Gironde coastline, in southwestern France, which was ravaged by flames as well as the creation of a deforestation zone by firefighters to prevent the fire from spreading to the Landes. 29/07/2022