The Latest Breaking News on Wildfires

Extreme heat has already made 2024 a busy wildfire year. More acres had burned by mid-July than in all of 2023, and several communities had lost homes to wildfires.

Around 9,000 people have been evacuated in northeastern Canada as the country battles hundreds of wildfires, many that have broken out in recent days.

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Investigations into what sparked one of Melbourne's biggest factory fires will not be quick, fire and environment authorities have warned.

A fire broke out Thursday in the spire of the cathedral in the northern French city of Rouen, its mayor said, sharing a photo of a column of smoke rising from the Gothic landmark.

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A very large factory fire in Melbourne sent plumes of thick, dark smoke billowing across the western part of the city on Wednesday afternoon, with authorities issuing warnings for people in surrounding suburbs. The fire has now been brought under control, but efforts to control the impacts will likely continue…

When wildfires rage, the immediate threat is obvious – but smoke from the fires actually kills far more people than the flames.

It was the largest and most destructive wildfire in New Mexico’s recorded history