Wildfire Rages Through Andhra Pradesh's Somsila Forest, Efforts Underway To Douse Blaze
The Somasila Forest, known for its biodiversity and ecological significance, now faces a grave threat from the relentless flames.
Apr 24, 2024, 09:33 AM IST
Fire havoc in the forests of Greece
There is a fire in many places in the forests of Greece battling the scorching heat. Efforts to extinguish the fire are failing due to strong wind and rising temperature. Watch this special report
Jul 22, 2023, 11:48 AM IST
DNA: The biggest fire ever in the forests of Canada
The biggest fire ever has broken out in the forests of Canada. Burning forests…humans running…the trouble is big. Smoke from Canada's wildfires has reached New York.
Jun 07, 2023, 23:58 PM IST
Canada's Alberta Declares State Of Emergency Over Wildfires
Alberta has been experiencing a hot, dry spring and a few sparks to ignite some truly frightening wildfire, said UCP Chief Smith.
May 07, 2023, 14:55 PM IST
Fierce Forest Fire in Chile Creates a terrible situation
The fierce forest fire in Chile has created a terrible situation there. According to the news agency Reuters, due to the fire, more than 35 thousand hectares of area has been destroyed so far. Wildfires are becoming so destructive that they have destroyed nearby houses and put farms and other small forests in danger.
Feb 04, 2023, 10:06 AM IST
Wildfires stretching across Spain as heatwave continues
No fatalities have so far been reported due to the wildfires, while three firemen were sent to hospital for treatment, two of them out of heat exhaustion, and the third because of a road accident that occurred on his way to a fire.
Jul 18, 2022, 11:56 AM IST
New Mexico wildfires turn into firefighters' nightmare as strong winds worsen blaze
Strong, gusty winds are in many ways firefighters' worst nightmare, especially in conditions so hot and dry as the crews in the Southwest have been battling since early April.
May 09, 2022, 09:07 AM IST
Kids born in 2021 will witness more wildfires, floods and droughts than their grandparents
Regarding droughts, heatwaves, river floods and crop failures, people under the age of 40 today will live what the researchers call "an unprecedented life".
Sep 27, 2021, 15:23 PM IST
Wildfires surrounding California spread to nearly 40K acres, threaten world's largest trees
The blazes swirling around California`s giant sequoia trees prompted more evacuations Sunday (September 19) as they spread toward communities surrounding the forests, while the authority warned that the fires would remain active throughout the night.
Sep 20, 2021, 06:48 AM IST
Thousands forced to flee as California wildfires turn dozens of homes into ashes
On Wednesday (August 18), a grass fire driven by winds up to 30 mph (48 kilometers per hour) destroyed dozens of mobile homes in Lake County and injured at least one resident before firefighters stopped its progress.
Aug 19, 2021, 10:39 AM IST
Massive wildfires continue to threaten Greek village near Athens - In pics
The country has witnessed more than 500 wildfires in recent weeks as Greece records highest temperatures in decades this summer.
Aug 19, 2021, 08:24 AM IST
California wildfire, largest in state's history, continues to burn - In Pics
The largest wildfire burning in California has so far destroyed at least 1,045 buildings, including 550 homes, in the northern Sierra Nevada since it began on July 14. Federal firefighters have been trying to get the blaze in control.
Aug 12, 2021, 11:52 AM IST
Horrific visuals of wildfires surface, blaze ravages Greek island 'like a horror movie'
The flames engulfed homes in five villages but the full extent of the damage was not immediately known.
Aug 09, 2021, 13:20 PM IST
Town burns to ashes in raging Northern California wildfire
As hot, bone-dry, gusty weather hit California, the state's largest current wildfire raged through the Gold Rush-era Sierra Nevada community of about 1,000, incinerating much of the downtown of Greenville that included wooden buildings more than a century old.
Aug 06, 2021, 21:02 PM IST
US: Wildfire wipes off entire California town of Greenville, no deaths reported
A 3-week-old wildfire engulfed a tiny Northern California mountain town, leveling most of its historic downtown and leaving blocks of homes in ashes as crews braced for another explosive run of flames Thursday amid dangerous weather.
Aug 06, 2021, 10:40 AM IST
Wildfire guts town in Canada, more than 1,000 people evacuated
More than 1,000 people in and around Lytton, in central British Columbia, were evacuated late on Wednesday after the fast-moving fire engulfed the community, catching residents by surprise.
Jul 02, 2021, 12:37 PM IST
Prolonged wildfire seasons, more droughts from climate change, forecasts Australia
Australian wildfires this year razed more than 11 million hectares (37 million acres) of bushland across the southeast early and killed at least 33 people and billions of native animals.
Nov 14, 2020, 00:57 AM IST
Largest California wildfire threatens marijuana-growing area
Law enforcement officers went door to door warning of the encroaching fire danger but could not force residents to evacuate, Trinity County Sheriff's Department Deputy Nate Trujillo said.
Sep 25, 2020, 22:06 PM IST
Firefighters continue to battle California wildfire, 35 dead, 50 missing; thousands forces to flee homes
The flames up and down the West Coast have destroyed neighbourhoods, leaving nothing but charred rubble and burned-out cars, forced tens of thousands to flee and cast a shroud of smoke that has given Seattle, San Francisco and Portland, Oregon, some of the worst air quality in the world.
Sep 14, 2020, 14:02 PM IST
US firefighters grapple with triple-digit heat against wildfire
Most of the western United States is experiencing extreme dryness or drought, creating challenging conditions for wildfire season, Bryan Henry, meteorologist with the National Interagency Fire Center, said in a recent fire season outlook.
Jun 13, 2020, 08:56 AM IST
