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A series of measures to strengthen fire protection to limit the spread of wildfires will be introduced together with mountains commissioner Charalambos Christophinis, the forestry department announced on Thursday. Both ...

Los Angeles officials told most evacuees from the wildfires o stay away from their homes at least another week as emergency responders remove toxic waste from incinerated neighborhoods and cut ...

Firefighters held the line against two massive wildfires that have ravaged parts of Los Angeles for the past week, even as desert winds and a parched landscape presented extremely hazardous ...

By Dawn Chmielewski and Lisa Richwine The pitbull mix arrived at Pasadena Humane covered in ash, his paw pads ulcerated from walking on fire debris, his lungs choked with smoke. ...

As Los Angeles construction worker Ivan De La Torre surveyed a landscape of smoking wreckage in fire-ravaged Altadena, a question nagged at him: how would insurance companies cover the cost ...

Fierce winds that have supercharged wildfires sweeping parts of Los Angeles finally eased on Friday night, bringing some relief to weary firefighters, but the largest blaze was reported to have ...

By Lisa Richwine and Rollo RossWhen wildfires destroyed parts of Los Angeles this week, real estate agent Jenna Cooper started asking friends for clothing and other items to help people ...

At least two people were killed as several fast-growing wildfires raged out of control on Wednesday near Los Angeles, destroying hundreds of buildings, scorching hillsides and prompting officials to order ...

When a wildfire tore down a hillside towards Athens last month, its southernmost flank halted in a treeless area burned by fire two years before. A few miles west, however, ...

Three Southern California wildfires torched dozens of mountain homes, tore through a ski resort and forced thousands to evacuate in towns and cities east of Los Angeles on Wednesday. Around 40 ...

Greece’s worst wildfire of the year killed one woman and continued to burn on the outskirts of the capital Athens on Tuesday, although lighter winds and firefighting efforts helped ...

Residents in two areas near Athens were ordered to evacuate on Sunday as dozens of firefighters battled to contain blazes fuelled by strong winds and hot temperatures. Near the village ...

A raging wildfire has devastated the western Canadian tourist town of Jasper, potentially destroying up to 50% of structures, and firefighters were trying to save as many buildings as possible, authorities ...

A wildfire which broke out in the Paphos district village of Pelathousa was caused by broken glass, assistant operations director of Paphos police Michalis Nikolaou said on Friday. Speaking to ...

Heavy lightning triggered two fires on the Greek island of Thassos on Wednesday, the fire brigade said, a day after firefighting forces tamed wildfires fanned by unusually strong winds on ...

Greek judicial authorities have jailed the captain and first officer of a yacht ahead of a trial on charges of arson over a forest fire on the island of Hydra ...

The forestry department rebuffed criticism and reiterated its dedication to fighting fires across Cyprus in a statement on Thursday. This response comes amid an escalating number of wildfires on the ...

Greek firefighters and aircraft battled a blaze in the town of Koropi 30 kilometres (18.64 miles) south of Athens on Wednesday as strong winds fanned the flames and forced residents to flee ...

The fire brigade and the electricity authority (EAC) on Sunday found themselves at odds with one another over the cause of a wildfire which broke out near the Nicosia district ...

All relevant state services are ready to tackle wildfires throughout the upcoming summer season, Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou said on Thursday after witnessing a firefighting exercise, called ‘Hephaestus 2024’ at the ...

Preparations are being stepped up across the board ahead of the coming of this year’s wildfire season, Justice Minister Marios Hartsiotis said on Monday. Speaking at an event to ...

Wildfire management decisions were made on Tuesday during a high level meeting at the presidential palace ahead of the summer season, when fires increase. Government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said the ...

Bolivians are battling wildfire blazes that have torn through 3 million hectares (11,583 square miles) of land this year, with firefighters and police using hoses, sprinklers and at times bottles of water ...

Authorities on the Spanish island of Tenerife evacuated some 3,000 people from their homes overnight as a wildfire sparked by high temperatures and strong winds raged in a forested area already ...