Spain and Portugal battle wildfires
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Spain's worst wave of wildfires on record spread to the southern slopes of the Picos de Europa mountains and prompted authorities to close part of the popular Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route.
Joaquín Ramírez of Technosylva, a Spanish company that specialises in prevention and response to wildfires, attributed this year’s litany of fires to “a combination of abandonment of rural areas, abandonment of managing [the land] and the stress exerted on our forest areas”.
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Colorado wildfires: Containment grows on Lee fire as burn area approaches fourth largest on record
Four wildfires burning in western Colorado have consumed more than 250 square miles, threatened hundreds of homes and forced evacuations, fire officials said.
New maps show updated acreage estimates for two wildfires burning near Sheridan.A new map generated Monday night shows the Cloudrest Fire is now 1,190 acres.T
Canada's second-worst wildfire season on record has already burned 7.8 million hectares and could continue for weeks, federal government officials said Monday.
In January, one of the deadliest wildfires in U.S. history ravaged several neighborhoods in Los Angeles County, including Pacific Palisades and Altadena. The immediate toll was staggering: at least 30 lives lost,
Scattered rain and slightly cooler temperatures limited the spread of multiple wildfires burning across Colorado’s Western Slope.
By Fatos Bytyci and Florion Goga SKENDERBEGAS, Albania (Reuters) -As wildfires raged across Albania last week, people were forced to flee for their lives, with no time to save their livestock. Now the fires are subsiding,
The fire service has urged people to be mindful of the dangers of starting fires in the countryside as the prolonged spell of hot weather has left the the vegetation "tinder dry". The Isle of Man Fire Service said there was a "high" risk of wildfires across the island as the dry spell continued.
Fires this late into the monsoon highlight how Arizona’s wildfire season is evolving. What used to taper off by midsummer can now stretch into August, or even longer, as hotter temperatures, drier fuels and a weak monsoon leave crews fighting flames well past the traditional peak.
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