Over 1,300 firefighters are working to battle two wildfires as authorities have ordered evacuations in Sheridan County. On Wednesday, the United States Forest Service confirmed that two separate wildfires burning in the U.S. state of Wyoming scorched over 130,000 acres (526.1 square kilometers) combined. RELATED: Ecuadorian Authorities Succesfully Extinguished the Wave of Wildfires in Quito […]

The fire started in a rural area and quickly spread across different fronts, reaching the urban core of Quito. At least two firefighters have been injured, and more than one hundred families have been evacuated from their homes due to the fires that broke out on Tuesday afternoon in Quito, the capital of Ecuador. Authorities […]

Most of the fires have been caused by deliberate burning of lands and improper disposal of highly polluting waste. In recent months, South America has been experiencing one of the worst droughts, creating conditions ripe for numerous wildfires across the region, especially in the Amazon, where at least 350,370 forest fires have been recorded. RELATED: […]

Fires have burned 6,718,025 hectares of the Brazilian Amazon since the beginning of the year. On Wednesday, Brazilian President Lula da Silva called on wealthy countries to permanently fund the protection of the Amazon, at a time when this ecosystem is facing a devastating wave of forest fires. RELATED: Venezuelan Armed Forces Destroy Illegal Mining […]

The Earth has just experienced its warmest day in recent history, according to the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service. Massive wildfires have been ravaging the western U.S. and southern Europe amid intense heatwaves this summer, with scientists warning that global temperatures have reached “uncharted territory.” RELATED: Climate Activists Protest in European Airports The Earth has […]

For days, Italy has been facing a strong heatwave that has already caused three deaths. Almost all of southern Europe is suffering from the effects of an intense heatwave with temperatures exceeding 40 degrees Celsius and severe fires. RELATED: Five Dead as Italy Battles Record-High Temperatures From Turkey to Italy, southern Europe is experiencing an […]

The first half of 2024 was the hottest period ever registered in Italy, with temperatures 1.47 °C above the historical average. On Monday, Italian authorities confirmed that at least five people died in Italy over the weekend due to a heatwave that brought record-high temperatures across the country. RELATED: UN Warns of Factors That Will […]

A relentless heat wave broke temperature records, elevating the risk of wildfires across the country’s western region. On Thursday, the National Weather Service (NWS) issued its latest update stating that “dangerous and record-breaking” heat will continue for much of the West through the end of the work week. RELATED: Over 28,000 Evacuate as Fast-moving Wildfire […]

Fire outbreaks cause concern as they occur even as Amazon deforestation continues to decline. In the first half of 2024, the National Institute for Space Research (INPE) recorded 13,489 fire outbreaks in the Brazilian Amazon. RELATED: Indigenous Ecuadorians Demand to Eliminate Gas Torches in Amazon That figure is the highest one since 2004 and represents […]

On Tuesday, the Maui Fire Department releases an after-action report on the deadliest U.S. wildfire in over a century that killed over 100 people on the island of Maui in August 2023. RELATED: Global Economy to Face an Income Loss of 19 Percent by 2050 Produced by the Western Fire Chiefs Association, the report details […]