Sources: NBC
Out of control and deadly wildfires in Peru have reached at least seven archaeological sites and have begun to burn near the indigenous Shipibo-Conibo community. 2024-09-19
The estimated area burned by wildfires in Brazil this year reaches 37.6 e6ha, an area larger than the size of Germany and more than double the yearly average from 2012–2023. 2024-09-14
Smoke from the wildfires in Canada reaches the U.S. states of West Virginia, Tennessee, Delaware, Maryland, North Carolina, Iowa, Missouri, Minnesota, South Dakota, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, and New Jersey, with the smoke also reaching the capital, Washington, D.C. 2023-06-28
The death toll from the wildfires in Algeria rise to 90 people, including 57 civilians and 33 soldiers. 2021-08-15
A 40 ha grass fire breaks out at Chobham Common in Surrey, England, as the southeast experiences soaring temperatures. 2020-08-7
Hundreds of firefighters and rescue workers are deployed to battle wildfires in Ukraine's eastern Luhansk Oblast. The fires have killed six people and destroyed more than 120 houses. Luhansk Governor Serhiy Haidai says some of the fires may have been caused by arson. 2020-07-7
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
The 85th Academy Awards are held at the Dolby Theatre in the Los Angeles district of Hollywood. 2013-02-24
Three people are shot dead, two are critically wounded, and a gunman is at large after shootings at two locations in the Los Angeles suburb of Downey, California: a business next to a Coca-Cola plant, and a residence. 2012-10-24
Several hundred earthquakes hit Southern California, with the largest one measuring 5.5 on the Richter magnitude scale near San Diego. 2012-08-26