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Residents, tourists scramble to evacuate as California fire nears Lake Tahoe

Reuters News ServiceAugust 31, 2021

By Reuters News ServiceAugust 31, 20210258

Residents and tourists in communities near Lake Tahoe fled on Monday as a fierce, 2-week-old wildfire roared closer to the popular resort destination through drought-parched...

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Arid conditions flame growing California wildfires

Reuters News ServiceAugust 19, 2021

By Reuters News ServiceAugust 19, 20210116

An incendiary mix of strong, shifting winds and drought-parched vegetation stoked two of California’s largest wildfires on Wednesday, with thousands of people chased from their...

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French battle to contain wildfire near Saint Tropez, California fire escalates

Reuters News ServiceAugust 18, 2021

By Reuters News ServiceAugust 18, 20210736

French firefighters battled throughout the night to contain a wildfire in the hills behind the coastal town of Saint-Tropez, said local government official for the...

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Campsites evacuated as France battles wildfire near Saint-Tropez (Update 2)

Reuters News ServiceAugust 17, 2021August 17, 2021

By Reuters News ServiceAugust 17, 2021August 17, 20210302

French firefighters hampered by strong winds were battling to contain a wildfire in the hills behind the coastal town of Saint-Tropez on Tuesday as campsites...

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Greece battles wildfires for fifth day in ‘nightmarish summer’ (Updated)

Reuters News ServiceAugust 7, 2021August 7, 2021

By Reuters News ServiceAugust 7, 2021August 7, 202101727

By Stamos Prousalis and Costa Baltas Flames swept through a town near Athens overnight and hundreds of people were evacuated by ferry from the island...

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Death toll in Turkish wildfires rises to four, blazes rage on

Reuters News ServiceJuly 30, 2021

By Reuters News ServiceJuly 30, 20210355

The death toll from wildfires on Turkey’s southern coast has risen to four and firefighters were battling blazes for a third day on Friday after...

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‘Fire on all sides’: California wildfires prompt evacuations

Reuters News ServiceSeptember 7, 2020September 7, 2020

By Reuters News ServiceSeptember 7, 2020September 7, 20200259

More than 200 people were airlifted to safety overnight after a fast-moving wildfire cut off the only road out of the Mammoth Pool Reservoir, a...

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Bushfires hit emergency level on Sydney’s outskirts; one dead in S.Australia

Reuters News ServiceDecember 21, 2019

By Reuters News ServiceDecember 21, 20190179

Catastrophic conditions fueled massive bushfires across Australia’s New South Wales state on Saturday, with three blazes around Sydney burning at emergency level, while in South...

Oceania World

Australian PM apologises for vacation as firefighters killed in huge blazes

Reuters News ServiceDecember 20, 2019

By Reuters News ServiceDecember 20, 20190203

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison issued a rare public apology on Friday and cut short a Hawaiian vacation in response to mounting public anger after...

Oceania World

Ring of fire: Australian state declares emergency as wildfires approach Sydney

Reuters News ServiceDecember 19, 2019

By Reuters News ServiceDecember 19, 20190286

Australia’s most populous state declared its second emergency in as many months on Thursday as extreme heat and strong winds stoked more than 100 bushfires,...

Oceania World

Fears grow about Sydney after Australia fires merge into giant blaze (Updated)

Reuters News ServiceDecember 6, 2019December 6, 2019

By Reuters News ServiceDecember 6, 2019December 6, 20190420

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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Sydney gasps for air as Australia bushfire smoke reaches record levels

Reuters News ServiceNovember 22, 2019

By Reuters News ServiceNovember 22, 20190303

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...

Oceania World

Australians shelter from bushfires as political pressure rises

Reuters News ServiceNovember 21, 2019

By Reuters News ServiceNovember 21, 20190210

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...

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New front opens in Australian bushfires, power cut to thousands

Reuters News ServiceNovember 20, 2019

By Reuters News ServiceNovember 20, 20190199

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...

Oceania World

Sydneysiders urged to stay indoors as Australian bushfire smoke blankets city

Reuters News ServiceNovember 19, 2019

By Reuters News ServiceNovember 19, 20190174

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...

Oceania World

Australians shelter and flee as firefighters battle 150 bushfires

Reuters News ServiceNovember 13, 2019

By Reuters News ServiceNovember 13, 20190237

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...

Oceania World

New blazes break out as Australians take shelter from intense bushfires

Reuters News ServiceNovember 12, 2019November 12, 2019

By Reuters News ServiceNovember 12, 2019November 12, 20190171

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...

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Evacuees fleeing Canary Islands wildfire rise to 8,000

Reuters News ServiceAugust 19, 2019

By Reuters News ServiceAugust 19, 20190234

(Reuters) – Around 8,000 people have been evacuated as firefighters battle an out-of-control wildfire on Gran Canaria in Spain’s Canary Islands, authorities said on Monday....

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Villagers angry as Portugal wildfire still rages

Reuters News ServiceJuly 23, 2019July 23, 2019

By Reuters News ServiceJuly 23, 2019July 23, 20190119

VILA DE REI/MACAO, Portugal, July 22 (Reuters) – After more than 50 hours, firefighters were still battling a wildfire in centralPortugal late on Monday, as villagers and...

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Hawaii’s Maui Island wildfire forces evacuations

Reuters News ServiceJuly 12, 2019July 12, 2019

By Reuters News ServiceJuly 12, 2019July 12, 20190217

Thousands of residents and visitors on Hawaii’s Maui Island were ordered to evacuate two communities on Thursday as a spreading wildfire sent smoke billowing high...