The Latest Breaking News on Wildfires

A team of researchers say that human-caused climate change had an important impact on the recent ferocious wildfires that engulfed parts of Chile and Argentina’s Patagonia region, making the extremely high-risk conditions that led to widespread burning up to three times more likely than in a world without global warming

Bill limits type of science used to determine health risks and gives industry major role in chemical review process

A funding lifeline has been pledged for fire recovery after bushfires tore through communities, destroying 1500 structures including hundreds of homes.

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Water is being carted into a small town to top up a bushfire-damaged local treatment system but residents are still waiting for clean drinking water.

A record-breaking heatwave in Australia is a potent reminder of how cricket responded to previous wildfires

Funding cuts, conspiracy theories and ‘powder keg’ pine plantations have seen January’s forest fires tear through Chubut in southern Argentina

Multiple bushfires have sparked evacuation orders for several towns as temperatures soar to almost 50C in some areas.

Fire in Otways has burned about 9,400 hectares and could spread as far as Lorne amid onset of heatwave in Victoria