# wildfires - Thursday 15 October, 2020
# Renewed Threat
# Renewed Threat
More than 8,500 wildfires have burned more than 6,400 square miles in California since the start of the year, most since mid-August.
# wildfires - Sunday 13 September, 2020
# United States
# United States
The flames have destroyed neighbourhoods and driven tens of thousands of people from their homes.
# wildfires - Friday 11 September, 2020
# California
# California
The August Complex Fire became the biggest recorded blaze in Californian history yesterday.
# Wildfires
# Wildfires
Some 14,000 firefighters are working along the West Coast.
# wildfires - Thursday 10 September, 2020
# San Francisco
# San Francisco
Three people have died in the latest blaze.
# wildfires - Tuesday 8 September, 2020
# United States
# United States
Two of the three largest fires in state history are burning in the San Francisco Bay Area.
# wildfires - Saturday 22 August, 2020
# Wildfires
# Wildfires
Thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes by the intense summer blazes.
# wildfires - Thursday 20 August, 2020
# Emergency Situation
# Emergency Situation
The state of California has recorded 11,000 lightning strikes in 72 hours.
# wildfires - Thursday 13 August, 2020
# California Burning
# California Burning
Firefighters have been aided in their attempts to quell the blaze by light winds and scattered thundershowers.
# wildfires - Friday 17 April, 2020
# Wildfires
# Wildfires
The Department of Heritage said: “At a time of so much demand on our emergency services this carry-on is criminal and morally reprehensible.”
# wildfires - Thursday 16 April, 2020
# Chernobyl
# Chernobyl
Firefighters battled large blazes in the area for 10 days earlier this month.
# wildfires - Thursday 23 January, 2020
# Australia
# Australia
The C-130 Hercules plane went down in the Snowy Monaro region in the state of New South Wales.
# wildfires - Monday 20 January, 2020
# Canberra
# Canberra
Emergency services were warning people there to “move cars undercover and away from trees and power lines”.
# wildfires - Thursday 9 January, 2020
# Australian Wildfire Crisis
# Australian Wildfire Crisis
The Queensland man, who wishes to remain anonymous, used his wife’s “special numbers” on the ticket.
# wildfires - Monday 6 January, 2020
# Wildfires
# Wildfires
At least 25 people have been killed and 2,000 homes destroyed by the blazes.
# wildfires - Saturday 4 January, 2020
# Australia
# Australia
Shadow minister for international development Pat Conroy accused Morrison of trying to “exploit a national tragedy”.
# A Difficult 24 Hours
# A Difficult 24 Hours
Australia is bracing itself for one of the worst days of the crisis yet today.
# wildfires - Friday 3 January, 2020
# Wildfires
# Wildfires
Thousands have already fled at-risk coastal areas in Australia, creating traffic gridlock in places.
# wildfires - Monday 30 December, 2019
# Australia
# Australia
Wildfires in the past several weeks have killed nine people and razed more than 1,000 homes.
# wildfires - Tuesday 24 December, 2019
# Wildfires
# Wildfires
Nine people have been killed and more than 950 homes destroyed in the wildfires.
# Bushfire Crisis
# Bushfire Crisis
Of course, here among the bricks and the concrete of inner city terraces we know we are lucky, we are safe.
# wildfires - Saturday 2 November, 2019
# California
# California
Ventura County Sheriff Bill Ayub said fire crews had been thwarted by people flying drones in the area.
# wildfires - Wednesday 30 October, 2019
# Fire Starter
# Fire Starter
Thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes.
# wildfires - Saturday 26 October, 2019
# California
# California
Several fires have struck the state of California this week.
# wildfires - Friday 25 October, 2019
# Wildfires
# Wildfires
There were no immediate reports of injury.
# wildfires - Friday 11 October, 2019
# Evacuation
# Evacuation
The Los Angeles Fire Department said the blaze had expanded over six square miles.
# wildfires - Sunday 21 July, 2019
# Castelo Branco
# Castelo Branco
Authorities are looking into whether the fires were started deliberately.
# wildfires - Thursday 2 May, 2019
# Wildfires
# Wildfires
The man was subsequently released without charge.
# wildfires - Saturday 27 April, 2019
# Gorse Fires
# Gorse Fires
This burning of land is illegal from 1 March to 31 August, but there’s only been 11 prosecutions in over 10 years.
# wildfires - Monday 22 April, 2019
# Wildfires
# Wildfires
Donegal Fire Service and gardaí are at the scene.
# wildfires - Wednesday 27 February, 2019
# Gorse Fires
# Gorse Fires
Firefighters have been battling blazes along the Wicklow-Dublin border since Monday.
# wildfires - Saturday 29 December, 2018
# Through The Lens
# Through The Lens
Conflict in Syria, wildfires in California, political uncertainty in Britain…
# wildfires - Sunday 18 November, 2018
# Paradise Lost
# Paradise Lost
The US President said that other countries ‘do it differently’.
# wildfires - Friday 16 November, 2018
# Smoggy
# Smoggy
US president Donald Trump is set to visit the tinder-dry state tomorrow.
# wildfires - Tuesday 13 November, 2018
# Victor Burke
# Victor Burke
Victor Burke said that his family’s home is destroyed, along with many other buildings in the area of Malibu he lives.
# wildfires - Monday 12 November, 2018
# Death Toll
# Death Toll
Nearly 230 residents of the town were unaccounted for, the sheriff said.
# wildfires - Sunday 11 November, 2018
# Death Toll
# Death Toll
It is expected to increase again.
# wildfires - Friday 9 November, 2018
# Natural Disaster
# Natural Disaster
Fires are burning across the western US state of California.
# wildfires - Wednesday 8 August, 2018
# Portugal
# Portugal
The fires have left 32 people injured.
# wildfires - Tuesday 7 August, 2018
# Evacuations
# Evacuations
Some 14,000 firefighters, including reinforcements from as far away as Australia and New Zealand, have arrived to combat the firestorm.
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