Last Updated: Friday, January 17, 2014, 05:05
Three men are in custody after a wildfire scorched forests near Los Angeles, casting a huge plume of smoke over the city and forcing nearly 900 homes to be evacuated on Thursday.
Last Updated: Monday, January 13, 2014, 10:02
A fast-moving wildfire destroyed at least 40 homes in western Australia`s Perth, officials said Monday, with one man dying as he prepared for the approaching inferno.
Last Updated: Monday, January 13, 2014, 05:16
A man has died fighting a wildfire that razed wooded hills near Australia`s west coast city of Perth, destroying at least 27 houses.
Last Updated: Wednesday, October 23, 2013, 19:30
The firefighter officials battling the wildfire in the state of New South Wales in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney said that the worst fears from the blazes are over but the crisis are far from over yet.
Last Updated: Wednesday, October 23, 2013, 16:54
A military training exercise ignited the largest of the wildfires that have ravaged Australia`s most populous state in the past week, investigators said on Wednesday.
Last Updated: Sunday, October 20, 2013, 11:54
The huge wildfire in Australia’s most populous state New South Wales is set to worsen as the hot weather and strong winds is expected to spread the fire across the region.
Last Updated: Sunday, October 20, 2013, 09:34
Australian fire crews stepped up containment efforts around several major wildfires Sunday with the weather forecast to deteriorate and officials warning of "unparalleled" danger from the worst conditions in 40 years.
Last Updated: Saturday, October 19, 2013, 15:08
About 200 houses have been destroyed in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney after the huge wildfire in Australia’s most populous state, New South Wales.
Last Updated: Thursday, August 29, 2013, 21:37
A recent study by Harvard University researchers point towards a worsened scenario for the US wildfire season which is expected to turn even smokier and prolonged as a result of climate change.
Last Updated: Tuesday, August 27, 2013, 15:51
Firefighters dwarfed by towering flames that lit up the night sky in California reported progress as they battled a wildfire near Yosemite National Park for a 10th day on Tuesday.
Last Updated: Wednesday, August 7, 2013, 08:43
Greek authorities have announced a series of emergency measures to prevent the outbreak of wildfires during a week of high winds and warm temperatures.
Last Updated: Thursday, July 18, 2013, 13:49
People fled from thousands of homes as a wildfire pushed toward Southern California mountain communities.
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