Death Toll from Wildfires in Los Angeles Rises to 24

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Death Toll from Raging Wildfires in Los Angeles Rises to 24

The death toll from the wildfires raging in Los Angeles, California, has risen to 24, while 16 others are still missing. Firefighters are still working to limit the spread of the fires, while meteorologists have warned of continued unsuitable weat..
Chile Wildfires Death Toll Climbs to 112

Death toll from the deadly wildfires in Chile has surged to 112. According to Interior Minister Carolina Toha, the weekend blazes have been "without a doubt" the deadliest fire event in Chile's history. Speaking at a press confere..
Smoke from Canadian wildfires engulfs NYC in hazy blanket

Air quality in New York City has plummeted so much in the past few days that the city has some of the worst air pollution on the planet — and the impact is visible in pictures. Smoke from wildfires burning hundreds of mile north in Canada sent ..
France battles huge wildfires, Britain bakes in record heatwave

Firefighters in southwestern France battled on Tuesday to contain massive forest wildfires and Britain recorded its highest ever temperature, while Portugal reported more than 1,000 heatwave-related deaths as Europe scorches. Southern and western ..
Fierce winds drive wildfires in U.S. Southwest

Howling winds pushed wildfires towards villages in northern New Mexico on Friday, forcing thousands to flee homes as blazes burned across the parched U.S. Southwest. Over a dozen small communities were evacuated as two wildfires merged in mountain..
Israel battles with one of its largest wildfires near Jerusalem

Israeli firefighters are battling a massive wildfire west of Jerusalem that has burned 2,000 hectares (5,000 acres) of forest over the past three days.
Greece thanks Qatar for help during wildfires

Amir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani received a phone call yesterday afternoon from Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic H E Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who expressed his thanks and appreciation to H H the Amir for the assistance provided by th..
Blaze sweeps through Athens suburbs in fifth day of Greece wildfires

REUTERS Fires blazed uncontrolled for a fifth day in Greece on Saturday, ravaging swathes of land on its second-biggest island of Evia where hundreds of people had to be evacuated by ferry and locals joined firefighters in battling the flames. ..
Spanish, Croatian planes join battle against Turkish wildfires

REUTERS Firefighting planes from Spain and Croatia joined the battle against wildfires raging for a seventh day near Turkey's southern resorts amid increasing calls for more aerial support and sharp criticism of the government's response. ..

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