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The confirmed death toll from ferocious wildfires in central Chile has risen to 112, an Interior Ministry official said Sunday. Undersecretary Manuel Monsalve told a press conference that the medical examiner has received “112 people dead,...

At least 51 people have died as a result of wildfires raging over Chile, leaving bodies in the streets and destroyed homes. As of Sunday, the number of fatalities is predicted to grow. A state of...

As authorities updated their estimates on Friday, the number of people initially believed to have perished in the swiftly spreading wildfire that tore across part of Hawaii last month decreased. Josh Green, the governor of the...

Maui County is suing Hawaii’s energy provider for the tragic fire that destroyed Lahaina, claiming that if power lines had been turned off, the tragedy might have been prevented. The complaint is the most recent development...

Meta is being accused of endangering lives by blocking news links in Canada at a crucial moment, when thousands have fled their homes and are desperate for wildfire updates that once would have been shared widely...

As of Tuesday, 106 people had perished as a result of the Maui wildfires in the US state of Hawaii, up from 99 the day before, according to a fatality update from the County of Maui....

The “scariest moment” of Jordan Evoy’s life was when he had to retrace to catch a military jet out during the largest-ever evacuation of the Northwest Territories due to flames blazing in Canada’s far north. After...

On Wednesday, two persons were murdered by wildfires in central Greece that were sparked by strong winds and temperatures above 40 Celsius (104 Fahrenheit). This caused a new round of evacuations. According to the fire department,...

Government data revealed on Saturday that Canadian wildfires have burnt more than 10 million hectares (24.7 million acres) this year, a record-breaking total that has surpassed scientists’ most gloomy estimates. According to official statistics from the...

A weeks-long struggle against wildfires in western Canada reached a “turning point” on Monday, with intermittent rainfall reported over hotspots and more precipitation on the way, officials said. The Alberta wildfires have displaced tens of thousands...