The Latest Breaking News on Wildfires

A large wildfire in a rural area of Hawaii’s Big Island is not threatening any homes, but high winds and extremely dry conditions are making it difficult for crews to contain the blaze

Crews from Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service were in attendance at two separate wildfires during the ongoing heatwave

Since getting the call at 1pm on Wednesday, August 10, the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service have mobilised nine appliances to the Camilty area near West Calder, just behind the Pentland Hills

More than 300 grass fires have sparked in London since the beginning of August

People are being urged not to use barbecues in the countryside and to be careful when disposing cigarettes and glass bottles

London Fire Brigade's control room sent firefighters to deal with 340 grass, rubbish and open land fires during the first week of this month as the country bakes in another heatwave

A huge fire tornado swept across part of California on Wednesday, August 11. Firefighters managed to get it under control but the state has been affected by serious fires in recent weeks

European nations sent firefighting teams to help France tackle a "monster" wildfire on Thursday, while forest blazes also raged in Spain and Portugal and the head of the European Space Agency urged immediate action to combat climate change.

More than 1,000 firefighters were struggling Thursday to contain a major wildfire which has burned a large area of pine forest in southwestern France, in a region that was already ravaged by flames last month. Local authorities said more than 68 square kilometers (26 square miles) have burned since Tuesday…

Two huge fires destroyed more than 20,000 hectares of forests in the same region that forced close to half a million people to flee their homes near Bordeaux, France

As French officials warned Thursday that flare-ups could cause a massive wildfire to further spread in the country's parched southwest, President Emmanuel Macron tweeted that five more European allies are providing help for firefighters battling eight major wildfires across the country.