Sources: NBC
Six people are presumed dead (including Daniel Williams, former drummer of metalcore band The Devil Wears Prada), eight others are injured, about 100 people are displaced, and damage to houses and vehicles are reported when a Cessna Citation II aircraft crashes on approach to Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport in the military neighborhood of Murphy Canyon in San Diego, California, United States. 2025-05-22
The government of Sept-Îles, Quebec, Canada, declares a state of emergency and orders the evacuation of more than 10,000 residents following a series of wildfires in the eastern part of the country. 2023-06-2
Wildfires break out in southwestern France and Spain amidst a heat wave in Europe. 2022-07-16
The Los Angeles Unified School District approves a vaccine mandate for children over the age of 12 in Los Angeles schools. 2021-09-9
A "non-working day" is declared in Russia's Sakha republic, and residents are urged to stay at home as smoke from wildfires covers the region. The wildfires in Siberia are now larger than the combined size of all other wildfires currently burning in the rest of the world. 2021-08-13
A 40 ha grass fire breaks out at Chobham Common in Surrey, England, as the southeast experiences soaring temperatures. 2020-08-7
Wildfires in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, Ukraine, reach the abandoned city of Pripyat, 2 km away from the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. 2020-04-13
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
Over 31,000 teachers, nurses, counselors and librarians in Los Angeles, who have been without a contract for more than a year, go on a strike to demand higher pay after negotiations for improved compensation and work conditions failed. 2019-01-14
More than a thousand people are evacuated from the Canadian town of Slave Lake, Alberta, due to a wildfire. 2011-05-15