Sources: NBC
The Global Wildfire Information System states that 10,400 wildfires have been reported in Peru so far this year, more than twice as many as were reported in 2020, and that the wildfires burned an area nearly 2.5 times larger than those in 2020. 2024-10-11
At least four people are killed by several wildfires across the State of Mexico, Mexico. 2024-03-27
Wildfires break out in southwestern France and Spain amidst a heat wave in Europe. 2022-07-16
A large wildfire breaks out on the Hymettus mountain range near Athens, Greece. A number of homes are damaged in the fire. 2022-06-5
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 Primetime Emmy Awards is held in Los Angeles at the Microsoft Theater. Political satirist and "The Late Show" host Stephen Colbert hosts the event. 2017-09-17
A seventeen-square mile fire continues to burn in Santa Clarita, California, near Los Angeles. 2016-07-23
Los Angeles, California, police arrest a 21-year-old homeless man after five bodies of apparent transients are found in the wreckage of a vacant former medical building that burned down Monday night. Firefighters had been able to rescue three people. 2016-06-14
A mandatory evacuation order for more than 29,000 people remains in place for the Canadian town of Fort McMurray, Alberta, which is threatened by an out of control wildfire. 2016-05-3
More than 60 wildfires start in the Canadian province of British Columbia over the weekend leading to several communities declaring a state of emergency. 2015-07-5