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Wildfire

This month
April 2025
Wildfire
Man arrested in connection with 'deliberate ignition' of major fire in Mourne Mountains
Updated 6 Apr
39.4k
This year
2025
California
Firefighters make progress in slowing Los Angeles wildfires amid devastation
Water dropped from aircraft helped fire crews quickly seize control of the fires in the Hollywood Hills.
The wildfires have claimed at least five lives while more than 130,000 people have been evacuated from their homes.
Billy Crystal and Paris Hilton are among the stars to have lost their homes.
Updated 9 Jan
22.0k
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9 Jan
In Pictures: Thousands of homes and buildings destroyed by brutal LA fires
9 Jan
Anthony Hopkins, Billy Crystal and Paris Hilton among celebrities to lose homes in LA wildfires
9 Jan
LA
Two dead and a 'significant number' of serious injuries in Los Angeles wildfires
Updated 8 Jan
10.6k
38
Wildfire
Several injured and thousands urged to flee homes as winds sweep wildfire through Los Angeles hillside
30,000 residents are currently under evacuation orders as California wildfires have exploded from 10 acres to more than 3,000 acres.
Updated 8 Jan
15.2k
21
Last year
2024
California
Thousands evacuated as US wildfire destroys Malibu homes
11 Dec 2024
8.1k
9
Wildfire
Over 130 structures, mostly homes, destroyed in California wildfires
9 Nov 2024
7.4k
15
Wildfire
Thousands of people urged to flee out-of-control wildfire in California
7 Nov 2024
12.5k
46
EU emergency mechanism
Greece calls for international help as wildfire burns through northern suburbs of Athens
12 Aug 2024
12.7k
33
hydra
Crew members of luxury yacht charged over fireworks that caused wildfire on Greek island
23 Jun 2024
20.7k
scorched
Wildfire burns near popular Spanish coast as temperatures reach abnormal highs for April
15 Apr 2024
31.9k
46
Chile
At least 122 now dead as deadly wildfires burn through central Chile
Updated 5 Feb 2024
7.7k
3
Disaster
Wildfires in central Chile kill at least 64 people, with death toll continuing to rise
Updated 4 Feb 2024
13.4k
39
All time
Hawaii
West Maui to reopen to tourists next week, three months after deadly fire
24 Oct 2023
6.7k
24
Canary Islands
3,000 people forced to evacuate Tenerife due to raging wildfire
5 Oct 2023
14.5k
10
Forest Fire
Greece blaze is 'largest wildfire ever recorded in EU'
29 Aug 2023
14.9k
33
Alexandroupoli wildfires
Firefighters in Greece struggle to tame wildfires raging for a sixth day
24 Aug 2023
5.4k
20
yellowknife
Residents in Canada's far north speed up evacuations as fire bears down on remote city
18 Aug 2023
12.1k
38
Canary Islands
Thousands of people evacuated as out-of-control wildfire scorches Tenerife
17 Aug 2023
15.2k
32
Hawaii
Survivors of Maui wildfires face power cuts as teams work to identify the dead
16 Aug 2023
5.3k
13
hawaii wildfires
Biden pledges to visit Hawaii soon as 99 confirmed dead in Maui wildfires
Updated 15 Aug 2023
14.5k
42
maui
Criticism of government inaction grows as Hawaii fire death toll nears 100
14 Aug 2023
8.2k
7
maui
Hawaii wildfire death toll reaches 55 with more fatalities expected
Updated 11 Aug 2023
24.6k
53
maui
At least six dead from wildfires that devastated parts of Hawaiian island of Maui
9 Aug 2023
10.2k
8
Wildfire
Crews battle ‘fire whirls’ in California's Mojave Desert as major wildfire crosses into Nevada
1 Aug 2023
9.5k
9
Wildfire
Thousands evacuated as wildfire rages on La Palma in Canary Islands
16 Jul 2023
24.6k
15
Spain
Prolonged drought and record-high temperatures: Spain braces for massive wildfires
25 Jun 2023
19.4k
53
Hawaii
Large wildfire burning amid drought on Hawaii’s Big Island
12 Aug 2022
7.1k
0
France
10,000 evacuated as wildfires ravage pine forests in south-west France
15 Jul 2022
15.9k
5
Wildfires
Firefighters battle wildfires as Europe is hit by heatwave
Updated 20 Jun 2022
29.4k
5
Wildfire
'Incredibly difficult' to prosecute people for starting illegal fires, Heritage Minister says
1 Apr 2022
10.1k
13
South Korea
Thousands flee as South Korean wildfire destroys homes
5 Mar 2022
12.2k
1
Wildfire
Three people missing in Colorado wildfire as almost 1,000 homes destroyed
2 Jan 2022
8.0k
0
Colorado
Hundreds of victims of Colorado wildfire begin new year surveying destruction
1 Jan 2022
16.6k
3
Wildfire
'She was intensely, vibrantly alive': Nika McGuigan's final film tells story of sisters marked by trauma
4 Sep 2021
20.0k
2
The Dixie Fire
Huge California wildfire grows as Montana blaze threatens remote towns
Updated 11 Aug 2021
37.5k
12
Wildfire
Firefighters battle blazes on Greek island of Evia for seventh consecutive day
Updated 9 Aug 2021
20.3k
3
fighting fire
EU sends help to Turkey as wildfire death toll rises to eight
Updated 2 Aug 2021
20.3k
5
bootleg fire
Oregon wildfire: Biggest inferno in US is now larger than the city of Los Angeles
20 Jul 2021
13.9k
6
bootleg fire
New evacuations as firefighters struggle to control raging wildfire in Oregon
16 Jul 2021
9.4k
2
Cyprus
Four people found dead in 'most destructive' wildfire ever in Cyprus
4 Jul 2021
11.5k
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