Californians are preparing for a prolonged season of wildfires after an unusually dry winter that left millions of acres of scrub brush in the most populous U.S. state primed to burn. The tinder-box conditions… Read More
The wildfire burning through Ventura County has scorched 28,000 acres, and firefighters have only 20% of the blaze surrounded, officials said. The Ventura County Fire Department said the air attack would end at sunset… Read More
Newbury Park, California – Crews frantically battling fast-moving wildfires in Southern California will get no relief Friday as heavy winds threaten to grow one blaze that has scorched thousands of acres. ”Gusty Santa Ana… Read More
A record-breaking heatwave and high winds across south-easternAustralia have produced some of the worst fire conditions seen in the country, with blazes destroying thousands of hectares of land (video)and threatening properties, but – so far… Read More
Officials searched Monday for bodies among the charred ruins of more than 100 homes and other buildings destroyed by wildfires in the Australian island state of Tasmania. Around 100 residents remained unaccounted for, three… Read More
