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Wildfires kill 339,000 people per year: Study

Wildfires, peat fires and controlled burns on farming lands kill 339,000 people worldwide each year,...

Organic polymer protects burnt forest soil

Wildfires destroy forests and hasten erosion of the burnt soil which slows efforts toward its natura...

Wildfires likely to drive global warming

Fire, one of nature`s primary carbon-cycling mechanisms, will be driving atmospheric changes as the ...

Alberta town burns, wildfires shut oil facilities

Wildfires forced oil companies in Canada`s largest energy-producing province to shut off tens of tho...

US: Colorado wildfires force hundreds of evacuations

Four wind-driven wildfires forced the evacuations of 271 homes in Colorado.

Climate change: `Wildfires burn fiercely`

Climate change is causing wildfires to burn fiercely, pumping more greenhouse gases into atmosphere.

Pentagon dispatches 3 aircraft to Israel wildfires

Pentagon is dispatching 3 military aircraft to help combat raging wildfires.

Israel battles forest fire, international help pours; 41 dead

Israeli firefighters struggled to put out a massive blaze, till now 41 are dead.

Fresh wildfires destroy over 500 buildings in Russia

Russian President orders a minister to organise soonest rebuilding of houses.

`Russia managed to prevent radiation leak due to wildfires`

Despite the threat posed by wildfires, Russia has managed to prevent radiation leaks.

Russia says fires abating close to nuclear site

Russia`s worst ever heatwave are showing signs of relenting.

Russian wildfires creating towering dirty clouds: Scientists

The vast plumes of smoke emanating from the forest fires in Russia are now creating so-called pyro...

Rain refreshes Moscow, but wildfires still burning

Dozens of wildfires are still raging around Moscow.

Russian wildfires raise Chernobyl radiation fears

Russian workers have increased forest patrols contaminated by Chernobyl nuclear disaster.

Wildfires cost Russia some $15 billion: Report

A newspaper says the hundreds of wildfires that has swept western Russia has caused billions of doll...

US specialists arrive in Moscow to help put out wildfires

A group of specialists from the US government has arrived in Moscow to help the country fighting wil...

Moscow deaths double amid smog to 700 people a day

Acrid smog blanketed Moscow for a six straight day on Monday.

Second Russian nuclear facility threatened by fires

Russia has removed all radioactive and explosive materials from nuclear site.

Smog increases as wildfires spread in Russia

A thick blanket of smog covered Russia`s capital disrupting air traffic at the two international ai...

Death toll in Russia`s wildfires rises to 50

Russia has removed all the explosives and nuclear materials from the Federal Nuclear Centre in the...

Medvedev cuts holiday as Russian wildfires spread

President Dmitry Medvedev on Wednesday interrupted his holiday to hold emergency talks on Russia`s w...

Russia declares emergency in battle to stop wildfires

President Dmitry Medvedev declared a state of emergency in seven Russian regions over the worst wild...

Death toll from Russian wildfires reaches 34

A record heat wave has dried Russian forests and fields to a crisp.

California wildfires burn about 40 homes

Firefighters on Thursday braced for strong afternoon winds at the sites of two wildfires north of ...

California wildfires burn about 40 homes

Two wildfires north of Los Angeles have forced some 2,300 people to evacuate.

El Nino causes wildfires in Venezuela

Over 4,000 hectares of woodland have been destroyed by wildfires in Sierra de Perija, in the Venezue...

Australia mourns lives lost in wildfires 1 year on

Australia mourned the victims of its worst-ever wildfires a year ago on Sunday with solemn ceremonie...

Australian residents return to razed homes

Residents returned on Thursday to nearly 40 homes razed in Australia`s most destructive wildfires in...

Australia battles wildfires as threat eases: Officials

Australian firefighters battled to contain scores of blazes in the country`s southeast on Monday as ...

Hospital evacuated as Australian wildfires blaze

About 100 bushfires were burning in eastern Australia on Sunday as a hospital was evacuated and 1,00...

California fires force thousands to evacuate

Some 4,500 residents of the southern California town of Wrightwood, 75 kilometres (47 miles) east of...

Raging California wildfires claim first fatalities

Officials say two firefighters have been killed when their vehicle rolled off a mountainside as they...

US wildfire surges in size, threatens thousands

A wildfire in the mountains above Los Angeles has surged in every direction, going in a single day f...

More than 1,500 ordered to flee California wildfires

Wildfires chewed through tinder-dry brush up and down California on Friday, forcing hundreds to flee...

Fire crews scramble to tame Greek fires, save nuns

Fire crews outside Athens scrambled on Monday to exploit a lull in high winds, but the flames spread...

Wildfires spread as California declares emergency

Strong winds are spreading multiple wildfires across parched parts of California as officials worry ...

Thousands flee wildfires in California

A wildfire in northern California on Thursday caused thousands of people to flee their homes near Sa...

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