Philadelphia Fire Kills at Least 13, Including 7 Children January 6, 2022 By Ron Todt and Claudia Lauer PHILADELPHIA (AP)–A large fire tore through a two-unit house early Wednesday in Philadelphia, killing 13 people, including seven children, and...
Huge Fire Extinguished at Oil Facility in Southern Lebanon October 12, 2021 By Fadi Tawil ZAHRANI, Lebanon (AP) — Firefighters extinguished a huge blaze that broke out in a storage tank at one of Lebanon’s...
Lake Tahoe Wildfire Seemed Controllable, Then it Wasn’t September 3, 2021 By Don Thompson SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) _ Just last week, managers overseeing the fight against the massive wildfire scorching California’s Lake Tahoe region...
Crews Battle to Protect Lake Tahoe Region From Wildfire August 30, 2021 SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters faced a critical day in efforts to prevent a massive California wildfire from...
New Flames Thwart French Efforts to Fight Riviera Wildfire August 20, 2021 By Daniel Cole and Angela Charlton LE LUC, France (AP) — Just when fire officials thought a huge wildfire near the French Riviera might be slowing...
Fire Rages Anew Near Athens, Evacuations in Southern Greece August 6, 2021 By Derek Gatopoulos and Elena Becatoros ATHENS, Greece — Wildfires rekindled outside Athens and forced more evacuations around southern Greece Thursday as weather conditions worsened and...
Rare Tornado Rips Through Southern Czech Republic, Killing Five June 25, 2021 By Jason Hovet HRUSKY, Czech Republic — Emergency workers and residents combed through wreckage in southern Czech Republic on Friday after a tornado...
Growing Arizona Wildfires Prompts New Evacuation Orders June 9, 2021 SUPERIOR, Ariz. (AP) — Crews made progress toward containing one of two major wildfires in south-central Arizona’s desert hill country,...
Crews Focus on Lingering Hotspots in Phoenix Recycling Fire June 8, 2021 PHOENIX (AP) — Phoenix fire crews made significant progress overnight putting out a huge blaze that swept through multiple recycling...
Fire Officials Aim to Squelch Blazes Fast, Avoid Megafires May 14, 2021 By Matthew Brown BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — U.S. officials said Thursday that they will try to stamp out wildfires as quickly as possible...