Hawaii Gov. Josh Green announced a new recovery fund as part of the One 'Ohana Initiative, which will set aside more than $150 million for the victims of the Maui wildfires that began on Aug. 8. The families of those who were…
Queensland firefighters are hoping a shift in wind direction tomorrow will help push a deadly, out-of-control bushfire that has destroyed 11,000 hectares of bushland away from the town of Tara. About 350 people had fled the Tara fire to evacuation…
A wildfire raging on the Spanish island of Tenerife amid unseasonably hot temperatures has forced the evacuation of around 3,000 people from their homes, local officials said. Firefighters backed by six water-dropping helicopters are battling the blaze that broke out…
Firefighters have partially contained a massive wildfire after the blaze ignited in a California wildland preserve and spread into Nevada. Its smoke blotted out the sun across Las Vegas while flames scorched tens of thousands of acres of desert scrub,…
The worst wildfire season in Canada‘s history shows no sign of abating as the number of blazes increased yet again this week. There were 883 active fires across provinces and territories on Thursday with two-thirds burning out of control, according to…
Hundreds of international firefighters who are helping overwhelmed Canadians battle unprecedented wildfires face a complex task in the heart of the boreal forest scorched by uncontrolled blazes. The leader of a French team deployed in Quebec, Eric Flores, said he…
Air quality warnings have been issued for millions across North America due to smoke spreading from ongoing wildfires in Canada. The effects of hundreds of wildfires burning in Quebec are being felt more than 450 miles away in New York City and Connecticut where air quality advisories for health have been issued. In…
A wildfire burning in the San Bernardino National Forest grew quickly past 100 acres Wednesday afternoon, fire officials said. The Nob fire, the first large wildfire of the season in California, started shortly before 11 a.m. and had spread to…
A fire that tore through 6 square miles (15 square kilometers) of New Jersey’s Pine Barrens this week has now been fully contained, authorities said Thursday. The blaze in Manchester, near Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, forced the evacuation of around 170 homes late…
A raging wildfire that last month torched some 1,300 acres of national parkland in Ohio was the handiwork of a down-in-the-dumps emergency responder who did it to keep local firefighters from getting bored, according to a criminal complaint first obtained by The Daily…