Last Updated: Saturday, August 7, 2010, 16:23
The thick haze affected Moscow for a second straight day as southeastern winds blew smoke from the areas worst affected by peat bog and forest fires.
Last Updated: Sunday, August 1, 2010, 12:44
The fire has charred nearly 22 square miles of brush in the Antelope Valley.
Last Updated: Saturday, July 31, 2010, 16:31
Russia`s armed forces mobilized Saturday to fight hundreds of wildfires that have wiped out villages and vast areas of woodland. Officials said the worst blazes were under control, but evacuations continued.
Last Updated: Monday, June 21, 2010, 23:07
A fast-spreading wildfire swept across 7-square miles of land on the outskirts of this forested mountain city, threatening homes and prompting calls for hundreds of evacuations.
Last Updated: Monday, June 21, 2010, 09:24
The second wildfire to hit this forested city in two days grew to 3,000 acres Sunday, driving residents from hundreds of homes and prompting a search for some missing hikers.
Last Updated: Thursday, January 21, 2010, 13:59
A sombre Prince William met on Thursday with emotional survivors of last year`s deadly wildfires in southern Australia, doling out comforting words and occasional kisses to those who turned up to greet the prince.
Last Updated: Wednesday, December 30, 2009, 17:45
Residents in Western Australia fled a raging wildfire Wednesday that incinerated nearly 40 homes in the country`s worst blaze since "Black Saturday" fires killed 173 in February.
Last Updated: Saturday, September 5, 2009, 22:07
The entire western edge of the massive wildfire burning north of Los Angeles was under control Saturday, but the arson-caused blaze continued to move unchecked into wilderness to the east, officials said.
Last Updated: Friday, September 4, 2009, 16:36
Authorities have launched a homicide investigation after determining a massive Los Angeles-area blaze that killed two firefighters was arson.
Last Updated: Tuesday, August 25, 2009, 14:23
Firefighters claimed victory on Tuesday over a devastating, wind-swept wildfire that ravaged the outskirts of Athens over four days, enabling them to redeploy water-bombers to other blazes in Greece.
Last Updated: Sunday, August 16, 2009, 10:04
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger urged residents to heed mandatory evacuation orders on Saturday as 6,800 firefighters battled to control nearly a dozen blazes across the parched state.
Last Updated: Friday, July 24, 2009, 13:17
The French Army faced mounting flak on Friday after a military exercise sparked a sweeping wildfire on the outskirts of Marseille, as firefighters battled blazes across southern Europe.
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