Fears grow about Sydney after Australia fires merge into giant blaze (Updated)
Bushfires fanned by winds combined into a single giant blaze north of Sydney late on Friday, blanketing Australia’s biggest city in hazardous smoke, causing weekend...
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Fast-moving fire threatens homes in Santa Barbara County
Flames ripped through brush and woodland on hills above the Californian city of Santa Barbara early on Tuesday, forcing some residents to leave their homes,...
Sydney gasps for air as Australia bushfire smoke reaches record levels
The Australian state of New South Wales was gasping under the worst levels of air pollution ever recorded on Friday as smoke from widespread bushfires...
Australians shelter from bushfires as political pressure rises
By Colin Packham SYDNEY, Nov 21 (Reuters) – Firefighters battled against hundreds of bushfires across Australia‘s east coast on Thursday as scores of blazes sprang up...
New front opens in Australian bushfires, power cut to thousands
Electricity firms cut off power to thousands of people, more than 100 schools were closed and residents in high risk regions were poised to evacuate...
Sydneysiders urged to stay indoors as Australian bushfire smoke blankets city
Strong winds stoked more than 100 fires across Australia’s east coast on Tuesday, blanketing Sydney in hazardous smoke and prompting health warnings for the country’s...
Australians shelter and flee as firefighters battle 150 bushfires
Australian officials ordered people in several communities, including a major tourist destination, to evacuate immediately on Wednesday as firefighters struggled to contain more than 150...
New blazes break out as Australians take shelter from intense bushfires
Tens of thousands of Australians took shelter on Tuesday after authorities warned it was too late for them to leave their homes as bushfires raged...
Australia battles bushfires, prepares for “catastrophic” conditions
Australian firefighters raced on Sunday to contain widespread bushfires that have left three people dead, and warned of “catastrophic” fire conditions ahead, including around the...
Australian bushfires kill three, destroy at least 150 homes (Updated)
By Will Ziebell Three people have died, four are missing and at least 150 homes have been destroyed as bushfires rage across eastern Australia, authorities...
Bush fire guts four villages in South Sudan, kills 33
A bush fire fanned by gusty winds has gutted four villages in South Sudan’s Western Bahr el Ghazal region, killing 33 people, the president’s spokesman...
Hundreds flee Australian bushfires that kill cattle, destroy homes
Australian authorities urged people to remain alert on Monday as bushfires that have destroyed dozens of homes, killed cattle and forced hundreds of residents to...
Australians flee homes as grassfires hit southeast
Bush and grass fires sweeping across Australia’s southeast destroyed homes, killed cattle and forced hundreds to flee on Sunday as dry, hot winds fanned the...
Three people missing, 100 homes destroyed by Western Australia bushfire
An major bushfire in western Australia destroyed nearly 100 homes and left three people unaccounted for as it tore through a small rural town south...
Australians flee bushfires as homes burn on Christmas Day
Fire crews battled into the night on Friday after raging bushfires reduced at least 53 homes to ashes in a famous Australian beauty spot on...
Australia’s bushfires leave trail of death and destruction (Updated)
By Colin Packham Fourteen bushfires burning across southern Australia have killed two people, thousands of animals, and destroyed 16 homes, and authorities on Thursday said...
Hundreds flee homes as heatwave fans Australia bushfires
Extreme heat and high winds fanned dozens of bushfires across Australia on Friday, prompting hundreds to flee their homes in some of the worst conditions...
