All news on the topic: Forest fires

Unbearable heat, dry weather and at-times gale-force winds mean that, during the summer, Greece's fire service is forced to deploy hundreds of firefighters to dozens of wildfires

Around 8,000 people have been evacuated from their homes in the north of Tenerife after a large blaze broke out on Tuesday, scorching beaches and causing the water to turn black in places

Keshia Alaka'i was tragically told by local police on Saturday that the remains of her grandfather Buddy L Jantoc had been identified following wildfires which swept through Hawaii

An estimated 2,700 buildings around Lahaina on the island of Maui contain hazardous household wastes and toxic materials from burned homes and businesses, according to the Hawaiian Department of Health

Officials have confirmed 80 people have died as a result of the wildfires which ripped through the Hawaiian island as of 9pm local time on Friday, August 11

The biggest blaze reached the northern part of the Algarve, just 25 miles from the beaches where tens of thousands of Britons are spending their summer breaks in the sun

Charlotte Harvey, from south Wales, has told how her family became separated during wildfires on the Greek island of Rhodes and she had to walk with her disabled mum for "miles and miles" as people struggled to breathe

Poor air quality and pollution from more than 1,000 Canadian wildfires is threatening residents' health in Chicago, Illinois, and Minneapolis, Minnesota

Wildfires ripping through Algeria have killed 25 people including 10 soldiers trying to control it while thousands of people are being evacuated from areas affected

New York Major Eric Adams has issued a warning Canadian wildfire smoke that covered the city this month is to return and will lead to "very unhealthy air" on Wednesday and Thursday

Health alerts are being issues across the US and even some parts of Europe as smoke and smog from over 400 wildfires in Canada tarnish the air quality in a variety of regions

Over the past six weeks, massive wildfires have spread across Canada, burning more than 3.3 million hectares of land - an area 12 times the 10-year average for this time of year