The Latest Breaking News on Wildfires

Summer is wildfire season in southern Europe, but this year the continent’s north is also at risk, with forest fire warnings in effect across the Nordic and Baltic countries

A group of 60 fire experts and institutions in Spain say the country must do more to prepare for increasingly virulent wildfires stoked by climate change

One fire on the Rhigos Mountain has spread to an area the size of almost 300 football fields.

Current standards do not take into account particulates given off by blazes such as seen lately in Canada that affected the east coast

The fire at Prestwick Carr Nature Reserve has been burning for more than 24 hours

It was declared a major incident on Wednesday night

SEQUOIA CREST, Calif. — The worker stabbed the loamy soil with a hoedad, dropped in a delicate sequoia seedling and tamped the dirt tight around it. As he moved on to the next spot, and then the next, the hillside of the Alder Creek Grove slowly filled with small clumps…

LOS ANGELES — Although California may be enjoying a lull in this year's wildfire season — courtesy of a wet winter and a cool spring — scientists say humanity's relentless burning of fossil fuels has ensured that wildland fires will scorch ever larger portions of the state, perhaps as much…

The fire is the third major blaze to take hold in the region in recent weeks.

The NIFRS are in attendance at incidents in Co Tyrone and Co Antrim

Firefighters were called to the wildfire at Prestwick Carr at around 1.20pm on Wednesday afternoon