Sources: NBC
Portugal asks the European Union for help to fight large wildfires in the northern and central regions of the country. 2024-09-16
Nine firefighters are injured when a truck fuel tank explodes in the Wilmington neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States. 2024-02-15
The wildfires in Uljin County increase to 24,000 hectares, becoming the most destructive wildfires in South Korean history. 2022-03-11
A wildfire destroys 25 homes, displaces 100,000 people and burns over 7,500 acres of forest in and around Los Angeles. 2019-10-11
Several homes have been damaged in an uncontrolled bushfire near the New Zealand city of Nelson. 2019-02-5
A raging wildfire destroys dozens of homes and prompts the evacuation of more than 400 people from Portugal's Madeira island as flames spread near the island's capital, Funchal. Regional President Miguel Albuquerque says one person had suffered serious burns and scores of others had needed treatment for the effects of smoke. Flights have also been disrupted at Madeira Airport due to smoke. 2016-08-9
In the United States, a Lancair IV plane crashes into a car stopped along a highway, 50 miles north of San Diego, California, killing car passenger Antoinette "Toni" Frances Isbelle, a member of the WFTDA's San Diego Starlettes roller derby team. Five others, including the pilot, are hospitalized. 2016-04-2
The Obama Administration through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development reports more than 500,000 people. a quarter of them children, were homeless this year amid scarce affordable housing across much of the nation. Los Angeles, Seattle, Portland, Oregon, and Hawaii all recently declared emergencies over the rise of homelessness. 2015-11-19
British-born film director Tony Scott dies after leaping 200ft from the Vincent Thomas Bridge in Los Angeles. 2012-08-19
Residents of Los Angeles come under attack from rabid bats carrying a deadly disease. 2010-11-19