wildfires

People wear protective masks as the Roosevelt Island Tram crosses the East River while haze and smoke from the Canadian wildfires shroud the Manhattan skyline, June 7, 2023. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
USA

US East Coast blanketed in eerie veil of smoke from Canada fires

A smoke column rises from wildfire WCU001 near Wildwood, Alberta, Canada May 5, 2023. Alberta Wildfire/Handout via REUTERS
World+Biz

Canada's Alberta faces more wildfires amid hot, dry weather

A wildfire rages on a mountain slope on the island of Samos, Greece, July 13, 2022. Photo: Reuters
World+Biz

Wildfires in Western Canada force thousands to flee

Photo: Saikat Bhadra/TBS
Environment

Heatwaves and wildfires to worsen air pollution: UN

US Forest Service firefighter Ben Foley lights backfires to slow the spread of the Dixie Fire, a wildfire near the town of Greenville, California, US August 6, 2021. REUTERS/Fred Greaves
USA

Two dead, thousands told to flee California wildfire

Firefighters work at the site of a wildfire outside Tabara, Zamora, on the second heatwave of the year, in Spain, July 18, 2022. REUTERS/Isabel Infantes
World+Biz

Wildfires burn, farmers struggle as another heatwave bakes western Europe

Firefighters working to stop a massive fire in Eldorado national forest, California. Photo: Bloomberg/AFP
World+Biz

Smoke from raging wildfires can harm health

A firefighter works to contain a fire that broke out near Landiras, as wildfires continue to spread in the Gironde region of southwestern France, in this handout picture taken July 15, 2022 and obtained from the fire brigade of the Gironde region (SDIS 33) on July 16, 2022. SDIS 33/Handout via REUTERS
Europe

Spain, Portugal battle wildfires as heatwaves scorch southern Europe

A general view shows smoke rising from the Gironde forest fires as seen from Dune de Pilat, Arcachon Bay, France July 12, 2022 in this still image obtained from a social media video. Quentin/via REUTERS
World+Biz

Wildfires rage in southwestern France with over 1,700 hectares burnt

Smoke drifts from the Tunnel Fire north of Flagstaff, Arizona April 19, 2022 in a still image from video. Image taken April 19, 2022. Reuters.
USA

Fierce winds drive wildfires in US Southwest

A haze from wildfire smoke lingers over the gutted Medford Estates neighborhood in the aftermath of the Almeda fire in Medford, Oregon, U.S., September 10, 2020. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Adrees Latif
Environment

Factbox: Five of the largest wildfires ever to hit the US West

A fire burns a tract of the Amazon jungle in Agua Boa, Mato Grosso state, Brazil September 4, 2019/ Reuters
World+Biz

Brazilian Amazon fires surge in July

A geiger counter measures a radiation level at a site of fire burning in the exclusion zone around the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, outside the village of Rahivka, Ukraine April 5, 2020. Picture taken April 5, 2020/ Reuters
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Fire raging near Ukraine's Chernobyl poses radiation risk