In a proactive effort to curb this recurring crisis, the Forest Department has formed 60 teams comprising local villagers to prevent and control fires. Each team consists of 15 members and has received financial assistance of Rs 75,000 to procure essential firefighting equipment.
Meanwhile, in the Northeast, weather officials issued red flag warnings from New Jersey to Massachusetts after a bout of modest weekend rainfall failed to douse the region's wildfire threat
Wildfires are continuing to ravage central and northern Portugal while at least seven people have been killed and more than 40 injured, local authorities reported.
About 17,500 Albertans were out of their homes from the Jasper and nearby wildfires in western Canada
Seven people were killed this past week and 196 homes have been completely destroyed as a result of raging wildfires in South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal Province, the provincial government said.
Wildfires spread in Northern California amid heatwaves, causing thousands to evacuate, officials have said.
Two people died and many hundreds were evacuated after wildfires consumed large parts of northern Sicily, Italy, according to local…
Hawaii Governor Josh Green said that 66 people were still unaccounted for following the devastating wildfires on Maui Island. The…
Ten wildfires have erupted in five Tunisian provinces in 24 hours, forcing the evacuation of 11 families, the Tunisian civil…
Wildfires have so far burned more than 600 square km. (60,000 hectares) of land in Italy, more than in all…
