Sources: NHK in Japanese
More than 1,000 firefighters are deployed and 3,000 people are evacuated from their homes in Ōtsuchi, Iwate, Japan, as two wildfires continue to grow in the region. 2026-04-25
California Governor Gavin Newsom states that the ongoing wildfires impacting Los Angeles County could become the worst natural disaster in American history "in terms of the scale and scope", amid current estimated damages of more than US$135 billion. 2025-01-12
The Smokehouse Creek Fire in the Texas Panhandle grows to become the largest wildfire in the history of Texas. 2024-02-29
The Lahaina Bypass in west Maui, Hawaii, United States, reopens to traffic after being closed for a week due to the wildfires. 2023-08-16
The death toll from wildfires in Algeria increases to 38 with 200 others suffering from burns and respiratory problems. Firefighters are still trying to contain 39 forest fires in the north of the country, according to officials. 2022-08-18
More than 1,500 people are evacuated from Zaragoza, Spain, due to wildfires. 2022-08-14
The death toll from the wildfires and heat wave in Spain and Portugal increases to more than 1,700 people, with more than 1,063 deaths in Portugal. 2022-07-19
The wildfires in Uljin County increase to 24,000 hectares, becoming the most destructive wildfires in South Korean history. 2022-03-11
Several homes have been damaged in an uncontrolled bushfire near the New Zealand city of Nelson. 2019-02-5
A bushfire in Victoria state has destroyed 116 homes. The 2200-hectare Jamieson Track blaze razed 98 homes in Wye River and 18 at Separation Creek. The fire stopped just 500 meters short of Kennett River. A dousing of rain on Saturday was unlikely to do much in the long term as this blaze could continue into January or February, says emergency management commissioner Craig Lapsley. No injuries are reported. 2015-12-26