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France: fires ravage 1700 hectares of forest near Bordeaux

"It was apocalyptic," says the village's mayor, speaking of flames 30 metres high on a 600-metre front in the middle of the night.

World News

Europe faces major heatwave, with drought and wildfires

Many countries in the southern and western parts of the continent have already succumbed to exceedingly hot and dry weather, expected to last for about 10 days.

France

'Mega-fire' among multiple wildfires raging in South of France

A state of maximum alert has been declared after several wildfires broke out across the Gard and Bouches-du-Rhône regions.

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52 wildfires break out in the last 24 hours across Greece

An easing of winds overnight helped the Fire Service contain several blazes in different parts of Greece. According to the Fire Service, 52 wildfires broke out on Monday, stoked by strong winds and high temperatures.

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Fires rage through vast woodlands in northern Spain

Around 1,700 people from 13 villages in Spain were forced to evacuate their homes due to wildfires raging across the country, while much of Europe suffered an early heatwave.

Spain

Wildfires rage in Catalonia amid soaring heatwave temperatures

Spanish authorities say forest fires have destroyed around 1,100 hectares in the region.

France

Drought, heat and high winds fan forest fires in southern France

Hundreds of firefighters were still battling forest fires on Sunday that broke out on Saturday in southern France.

Green News

Chernobyl forest fires releasing radioactive pollution, officials warn

Ukrainian officials say the fires were started by Russian shelling in the region.

Global Japan

How the Kobe earthquake could change the way we fight wildfires

In partnership with The Government of Japan

Global Japan looks at how a new eco-friendly fire-fighting foam, could be a global game-changer.

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Fires rage out of control in Argentina

Almost 800,000 hectares of the province of Corrientes in northwestern Argentina has been devastated by wildfires

Green News

The US will thin forests near neighbourhoods to stop deadly wildfires

The 10 year plan is about saving lives over acres, but critics warn the country can't burn its way out of the climate crisis.

Argentina

Forest fires rage in nine of Argentina's 23 provinces

Nearly 100 firefighters, with planes and helicopters, are fighting the largest fires in Nahuel Huapi National Park, the fire management service says.

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Shoppers rush to evacuate store as wildfire nears

Thursday's wildfires and high winds in Colorado came as a surprise to many residents

Argentina

Argentina's Bariloche sends plume of smoke into the sky as fires rage

Some of the fires are as much as 300 kilometres apart. No casualties have been reported so far.

Nature

Meet the couple dedicating their marriage to fighting wildfires

Mark is a smokejumper, Samsara is a fire lookout. They met ten years ago while working to stop wildfires in the US.

Greece

Firefighters contain wildfire that threatened resort town near Athens

Local officials said a few houses on the outskirts of Nea Makri - around 38 kilometres northeast of the capital - had suffered fire damage, but no injuries were reported.

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Smoke and flames surround California highway

Some 14,000 firefighters facing changing weather conditions battled more than a dozen large wildfires across California.

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'French Fire' growing in Northeastern California

On Wednesday in eastern California, concern was growing as the French Fire spread near Lake Isabella, a popular destination for fishing and boating.

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Russia: Firefighters trapped in fire manage to escape from forest.

Employees of the Russian Emergencies Ministry got surrounded by flames in the middle of the forest on the border with the Nizhny Novgorod region.

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New wildfire breaks-out on the fire-stricken island of Evia

A force of 64 firefighters with 26 fire engines, a unit on foot, water-dropping helicopters and an aircraft continued to fight a blaze in southern Evia that broke out on Monday. The Fire Service said the blaze was largely contained but had not been brought under control.