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Thais safe from wildfires
News, Published on 26/08/2023
» Thai nationals in both Canada and Greece, countries battling wildfires, are safe, and officials have been closely monitoring the situation to give assistance, according to the Foreign Ministry.
Chiang Mai wildfires still uncontained
News, Post Reporters, Published on 25/03/2025
» Areas in two Chiang Mai districts where wildfires have been burning for the past two weeks have been declared disaster zones as local authorities battle to bring the fires under control.
Los Angeles wildfires ‘fully contained’
The New York Times, Published on 01/02/2025
» LOS ANGELES — More than three weeks after the devastating Eaton and Palisades fires broke out in Southern California, state officials said on Friday evening that firefighters had fully contained both blazes, meaning that the perimeters of the fires were completely under control.
Portugal battles to contain wildfires
AFP, Published on 30/07/2025
» LISBON - Almost 2,700 firefighters battled Tuesday to contain forest blazes across Portugal that have led to almost the whole country being put on high alert for fires.
Wildfires in North claim more lives
News, Post Reporters, Published on 04/04/2020
» More casualties were on Friday reported during operations to put out wildfires in the North.
Racism is fuelling more than wildfires
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 04/05/2020
» With the May rains coming to our rescue, we can now put the forest fires and toxic haze nightmares behind us -- until they return to haunt us again next year.
'Devastation': Wildfires ravage western United States
AFP, Published on 09/09/2020
» OROVILLE (UNITED STATES) - "Unprecedented" wildfires fueled by strong winds and searing temperatures were raging cross a wide swathe of California, Oregon and Washington on Wednesday, destroying scores of homes and businesses in the western US states and forcing tens of thousands of residents to evacuate.
Brazil wildfires surge again in 2020
AFP, Published on 04/01/2021
» RIO DE JANEIRO: The number of wildfires in Brazil increased 12.7% last year to a decade-high, according to official figures likely to add to pressure on President Jair Bolsonaro's government over the destruction of the Amazon rainforest.
South Korean wildfires ‘largest on record’
AFP, Published on 27/03/2025
» ANDONG, South Korea - Wildfires in South Korea are now “the largest on record” having burned more forest than any previous blaze, the country’s disaster chief said Thursday, as the death toll rose to 26.
Wildfires continue to choke Chiang Mai
Panumate Tanraksa, Published on 01/04/2025
» Chiang Mai is struggling with severe air pollution as wildfires continue to spread across several districts, with over 150 hotspots detected.