A court in Algeria sentences 49 people to death for the lynching of a 38-year-old man during last year's wildfires, after the man turned himself to police on suspicion of arson. 2022-11-24
Around one thousand people are evacuated in Castile and León, Spain, as a wildfire spreads across the region. 2021-08-16
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
The Dixie Fire becomes the third largest wildfire in California's history. 2021-08-6
Severe fires erupt across the region of Calabria, Italy, killing two people in Reggio Calabria. The country is battling several fires, mainly in the centre-south regions and on the two islands. 2021-08-6
People in Athens are told to remain indoors due to smoke from wildfires burning on the outskirts of the city. More than 500 firefighters are fighting a wildfire on Mount Parnitha, while the suburb of Varympompi is evacuated. 2021-08-5
Thousands of firefighters and water-bombing aircraft are deployed as wildfires continue to spread across Italy amid an unprecedented heat wave caused by a heat dome event over southeast Europe. Hundreds of people are evacuated on Sardinia and Sicily, with Sardinian President Christian Solinas describing the situation as an "unprecedented disaster." 2021-08-5