Category Wildfire Alert

Wildfires kill 4 people in Portugal, 1,000 evacuated on Madeira

A general view of Sitio de Curral dos Romeiros during the wildfires at Funchal, Madeira island, Portugal, August 9, 2016. REUTERS/DUARTE SA Wildfires raging in Portugal killed at least four people and more than 1,000 people were evacuated on the…

Wildfires rage near Marseille, forcing evacuations & flight diversions

A picture taken near Vitrolles, southern France on August 10, 2016 shows a fire which has already devastated some 200 hectares. © Boris Horvat / AFP Several wildfires have affected areas near Marseille, with huge clouds of smoke covering the…

Forest Fire Rages In Canary Islands For Six Days

A forest fire that has been burning on the Canary Island of La Palma for six days is suspected to have been started by a man who set fire to his toilet paper.   More than 11,100 acres of pine…

Wildfires Causes Hundreds To Flee Los Angeles Homes In California, USA

A fast-moving wildfire has burned through nearly 90 square kilometres of land, prompting hundreds of people to flee from their homes in the drought-parched foothills northwest of Los Angeles.   The so-called Sand Fire broke out shortly after 2 p.m.…

Thousands of lightning strikes spark new fires in Interior Alaska

Thousands of lightning strikes sparked new fires in the Interior Friday, increasing the number of acres burned in the state this year by 50 percent, according to the Alaska Division of Forestry.   Most of the fires burned in remote…