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Firefighters work to extinguish a wildfire approaching Trancoso, Portugal, August 13, 2025. REUTERS/Pedro Nunes
World+Biz

Wildfires fanned by heatwave and strong winds rage across Europe

Fire has affected nearly 440,000 hectares (1,700 square miles) in the eurozone so far in 2025, double the average for the same period of the year since 2006, according to the EU Science Hub's...

A firefighting vehicle drives down a road as flames rise from a wildfire burning on the island of Chios, Greece, August 12, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Konstantinos Anagnostou
Europe

'Cooked alive': Europe's wildfires hit tourism spots and forests

An aerial view of a wildfire near the village of Saint-Laurent-de-la-Cabrerisse, southern France, August 6. French firefighters are battling to control the country's biggest wildfire in almost 80 years, with the blaze in the southern Aude region having already swept through an area bigger than Paris. Photo: Reuters via Securite Civile
Europe

France battles largest wildfire in decades, one person killed

Locals shout from a rooftop as flames rise from a burning house, while a wildfire burns in the village of Kryoneri, near Athens, Greece, July 26, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis
Europe

Greece battles wildfires across country, evacuates villages

Israeli security and rescue personnel work near Latrun in central Israel, as wildfires due to extreme heat and winds broke out in central Israel, April 30, 2025 REUTERS/Oren Ben Hakoon
World+Biz

Israel declares national emergency, seeks global assistance as massive wildfire nears Jerusalem

Photo: Collected
World+Biz

Kashmir's forests ravaged by fires as human activity fuels surge

A man stands as a wildfire devastates the area in Andong, South Korea, March 26, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
Asia

South Korean man cleaning gravesite suspected of starting wildfires: police

Over the past 19 years, the Sundarbans witnessed 30 fires, leading to the destruction of around 90 acres of forest land. Photo: TBS
Panorama

Recurrent wildfires: Are the risks rising?

A man stands as a wildfire devastates the area in Andong, South Korea, March 26, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
Asia

South Korea battles worst ever wildfires as death toll hits 26

Smoke rises from a wildfire that devastates the area, in Andong, South Korea, March 25, 2025. Photo: Yonhap via REUTERS
Asia

South Korea wildfires kill at least 24, pilot killed as firefighting helicopter crashes

The regions of Nuble, Biobio, Araucania and Los Rios were affected by the fires. Photo: Handout/CHILE'S CARABINEROS/AFP
Environment

Dozens of fires rage in southern Chile

A house is surrounded by wildfire that devastates the area, in Uiseong, South Korea, March 24, 2025. Photo: Yonhap via REUTERS
Asia

South Korean wildfires spread, three more disaster zones named

Helicopters scooped water out of a lake to drop on the fire while fixed-wing aircraft dropped fire retardant on the hills, video on KTLA television showed. Photo: Reuters
World+Biz

New wildfire near Los Angeles explodes to 9,400 acres, forces evacuations