Now playing Next no comment Watch: Chile's emergency services battle deadly forest fires The death toll in forest fires raging through southern Chile has risen to 23, officials said Saturday. 05/02/2023
Now playing Next France Vegetation fire destroys hectares near French town Mouriès In France's first major fire of the year, a blaze scorched about 130 hectares of land in the south of the country. 05/02/2023
Now playing Next Chile Chile's raging wildfires kill at least 13 people At least 13 people have been reported dead as of Friday night, the result of the more than 150 wildfires burning across Chile in the midst of a scorching heat wave. 04/02/2023
Now playing Next Europe News Wildfire damages cost €2 billion last year, says EU Commissioner Janez Lenarčič, the European Commissioner for Crisis Management, called for increased financing in wildfire prevention this week arguing "€1 invested in wildfire prevention saves €2 in damage". 11/01/2023
Now playing Next no comment Fire ravages Chile's Vina del Mar seaside resort Some 400 homes were damaged or destroyed and at least two people died as a result 23/12/2022
Now playing Next no comment Firefighters continue battling fire on Mount Kilimanjaro A wildfire that officials thought was under control on Africa's highest peak, Mount Kilimanjaro, has reignited, according to Tanzanian officials 27/10/2022
Now playing Next Europe News Forest fires: Nine member states now have new burned area records For six of them, the records were shattered by large margins because the annual averages recorded between 2006 and 2021 were extremely low. 07/10/2022
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
