FIRESTORM

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Indonesia escalates battle against fires, putrid haze
Aug 28, 2026 (AFP)
More than five million people on Borneo and Sumatra islands were directly exposed to the risks of a putrid haze coming off dozens of fires across the vast archi...
Japan contains one of its biggest wildfires in decades after 11-day battle
May 03, 2026 (AFP)
Hundreds of firefighters and more than 1,000 military personnel had battled the blazes since late April, as they burned around 1,600 hectares (4,000 acres) acro...
East China fireworks store explosion kills 8
Feb 16, 2026 (AFP)
Rural communities in China often light sparklers and screeching "missile" fireworks to celebrate holidays and milestones such as the Lunar New Year, which falls...
Climate change fueled conditions for Chile, Argentina wildfires: scientists
Feb 11, 2026 (AFP)
Some two dozen people died in blazes across the South American countries -- where it is currently summer -- which also destroyed hundreds of homes, forced thous...
North China factory explosion kills 8
Feb 08, 2026 (AFP)
State news agency Xinhua had previously reported that seven people died and one person was missing after the Saturday morning explosion at the Jiapeng biotech c...
Wildfire smoke kills more than 24,000 Americans a year: study
Feb 04, 2026 (AFP)
A study published Wednesday in the journal Science Advances estimates that wildfire smoke caused about 24,100 deaths a year across the contiguous United States ...
Argentina declares emergency over Patagonia wildfires
Jan 30, 2026 (AFP)
The biggest blazes are in southern Chubut province, where at least 45,000 hectares of forest -- an area roughly the size of San Francisco -- have gone up in smo...
Firefighters order evacuation as heatwave bakes Australia
Jan 27, 2026 (AFP)
Temperatures hit a record high in the eastern state of Victoria, preliminary data showed. "Conditions are heating up across the state, and we're seeing those 40...
Chile police arrest suspect over deadly wildfires
Jan 21, 2026 (AFP)
Security Minister Luis Cordero said the suspect used a liquid accelerant to start fires in a wheat field, with authorities seizing five liters (more than a gall...
Chile wildfires rage for third day, entire towns wiped out
Jan 20, 2026 (AFP)
The blazes started Saturday in the Nuble and Biobio regions -- about 500 kilometers (310 miles) south of the capital Santiago -- and have since ripped through a...
ExoAnalytic tools to power FireSat wildfire monitoring constellation
Jan 19, 2026 (SPX)
Earth Fire Alliance (EFA) is a global, community-led nonprofit coalition that aims to deliver transformative, real-time data from wildfires worldwide through Fi...
Chile declares emergency as wildfires kill at least 19
Jan 19, 2026 (AFP)
More than 50,000 people have been displaced by blazes burning for two days now in the Nuble and Biobio regions about 500 kilometers (300 miles) south of Santiag...
Final death toll from Hong Kong fire put at 168
Jan 15, 2026 (AFP)
The blaze that tore through the high-rise estate in Tai Po District was the world's deadliest residential building blaze since 1980. Authorities previously said...
As world burns, India's Amitav Ghosh writes for the future
Jan 14, 2026 (AFP)
But his recent work focuses on what he considers the most urgent concern: the accelerating unravelling of the natural world and the moral legacy left for the fu...
Australian firefighters warn of 'high-risk' bushfire season
Jan 12, 2026 (AFP)
Weather conditions have eased since strong winds and temperatures topping 40C fed dozens of wildfires in southeastern Australia's Victoria, which declared a sta...
Wildfires spread to 15,000 hectares in Argentine Patagonia
Jan 11, 2026 (AFP)
The largest blaze, burning since Monday near the small town of Epuyen in the Andes, has charred some 11,980 hectares, the Chubut provincial fire service said in...
'Hectic' bushfires threaten rural towns in Australian heatwave
Jan 09, 2026 (AFP)
Temperatures soared past 40C as a heatwave blanketed the region, creating some of the most dangerous bushfire weather since the "Black Summer" blazes of 2019-20...
3,000 tourists evacuated as Argentine Patagonia battles wildfires
Jan 07, 2026 (AFP)
Thousands of hectares of forest have been devoured since Monday in a part of Argentina still recovering a year on from its worst wildfires in three decades. Hun...
LA wildfire survivors struggle to rebuild a year on
Jan 07, 2026 (AFP)
It has been an uphill battle, and Koerner is visibly moved as he brings his dog, Daisy, back home. "We've been through a lot this year," he told AFP. Altadena w...
A year on, LA wildfire survivors struggle to rebuild
Jan 04, 2026 (AFP)
It has been an uphill battle, and Koerner is visibly moved as he brings his dog, Daisy, back home. "We've been through a lot this year," he told AFP. Altadena w...
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