The death toll from the wildfires in northern Algeria increases to 65, as the country battles a total of 69 fires for the fourth consecutive day. President Abdelmadjid Tebboune declares three days of national mourning for the wildfire victims. 2021-08-11
Mass evacuations are carried out in the northern suburbs of Athens as wildfires continue to burn on the outskirts of the capital. A volunteer firefighter is killed by a fallen electricity pylon, while another man dies in a factory. Twenty more people are wounded. 2021-08-6
The village of Monte Lake is destroyed by the fast-moving White Rock Lake wildfire, while the city of Kamloops places several of its southern neighbourhoods on evacuation alert. Around 300 fires are currently burning in British Columbia. 2021-08-6
The Dixie Fire destroys most of Greenville, California, including large portions of its historic downtown area. 2021-08-5
Hundreds of workers and residents are evacuated as a wildfire nears a coal-powered power plant in Muğla Province. More than 36,000 people have been evacuated in the province, as President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan declares the wildfires to be the worst in Turkey's history. 2021-08-5