The Latest Breaking News on Wildfires

Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service are treating the blaze as accidental

Viña del Mar (Chile) (AFP) - A Chilean official on Friday said a fast-moving fire that ravaged scores of homes on a forested hillside in Vina del Mar should be controlled by the end of the day, as he provided a revised estimate of its deadly toll.

The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service remain at the scene after they were alerted to a fire on Gill Way in Rosyth.

Police, paramedics and fire crews rushed to the scene

The fire was caused by a faulty electric blanket

A consultation recommending the return of a full-time crew at Ashfield Fire Station is closing

Chile has called a "state of catastrophe" as a huge fire sweeps all before it with so far two people confirmed dead and 400 homes burnt to the ground while a mass evacuation is under way

Viña del Mar (Chile) (AFP) - At least two people died and some 400 homes have been damaged or destroyed in a fire that broke out Thursday in the Chilean seaside resort of Vina del Mar, prompting the government to declare a state of emergency.

A 23-year-old man accused of lighting a string of fires that have burned through hectares of bushland in Western Australia's Wheatbelt has been handed five more charges.

A 13-year-old boy has been charged in relation to a fire at a primary school in the central west of New South Wales. Earlier in the week, a 12-year-old boy was also charged over the blaze.

An inquest into the death of Paul and Mia Scott in May this year found neighbours smashed windows and climbed ladders in an attempt to rescue the pair