The Ecotopia Ativa Association is promoting a round table on Friday at the Casa do Povo in Santa Catarina da Fonte do Bispo, in the municipality of Tavira, to discuss the issue of rural fires.

The death toll from two weeks of record blazes rose to 16 when a firefighter, who had been burned in a forest fire in central Portugal last week, died of his injuries late Wednesday night.

Oct. 17, 2024 — A major new study reveals that carbon dioxide emissions from forest fires have surged by 60 percent globally since 2001, and almost tripled in some of the most climate-sensitive ...

Sedgwick County Fire Marshal Brad Crisp is asking people to avoid the area of 215th St. West and K-96 where a large grass fire. Fifteen units representing five agencies, including the Wichita ...

(Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) OAKLAND — Amid weather conditions that recalled a devastating fire decades ago, firefighters on Friday managed to beat back a five-alarm blaze in the Oakland ...

In recent decades, fast-growing blazes were responsible for an outsize share of fire-related devastation, scientists found using satellite data. By Raymond Zhong Wildfires aren’t just tearing ...

This trend shifts the focus of forest fire emissions from tropical forests, where fires set to make room for farmland have long contributed carbon to the atmosphere. Conservation policies have ...

There has been a rise in the number of fires in London caused by e-bikes that have been modified using parts bought online. The fire service says e-bikes are becoming one of the capital’s ...

Just from what they’ve experienced over the years, California residents may suspect that wildfires have gotten more extreme amid a warmer and more drought-prone climate. A new paper in the ...

Carbon emissions from forest fires increased more than 60 percent globally over the past two decades, according to a new study. By Austyn Gaffney Forests not only serve as refuges from city life ...

Carbon dioxide emissions from forest fires have increased by 60 percent globally in the past two decades, according to a study published in the journal Science on Thursday. Northernmost boreal ...

A New York parks employee was killed while fighting a fire about 30 miles northwest of Manhattan, in Greenwood Lake, state police said on their website Saturday night. The news release did not say ...