SPOKANE, Wash. — Hundreds of firefighters are working long shifts to slow the Spokane Complex Fire ahead of hotter and drier conditions this weekend. More than 1,500 firefighters from two dozen states are battling the conflagration, which has damaged or destroyed nearly 850 structures since it ignited Saturday. Temperatures were expected to climb from the 80s…
Two Greek firefighters have died after they became trapped tackling a wildfire that swept through the Rethymno area of Crete. Gale-force winds whipped up the flames prompting the evacuation of several villages, in the latest summer wildfire to break out in southern Europe. In southern Turkey, the main Fethiye to Antalya highway had to be…
Firefighters in the Australian state of Victoria are battling at least six major fires as a record-breaking heatwave hits the country’s south-east. Two fires are currently burning at “emergency level” according to local broadcaster ABC News. Several communities have been issued emergency warnings to either evacuate, watch and wait, or shelter in place. Fire officials…
Jaroslav Lukivand Fan Wang Watch: Deadly fire engulfs Hong Kong apartment blocks Firefighters are still searching for hundreds of missing people after a massive fire tore through multiple high-rise residential buildings in Hong Kong. At least 75 people died in the blaze – the city’s deadliest in more than 70 years – at Wang Fuk…
Firefighters in Oregon are racing to save the Doerner Fir – one of the world’s tallest and oldest trees – from a fire that has been burning since Saturday. The giant fir, more than 325ft (99m) tall and estimated to be over 450 years old, has already lost about 50ft to the blaze, which may…
Watch: Sheriff gives update on active Idaho shooting Two firefighters were fatally shot in a mountain community in Idaho, in north-western US, while responding to a brush fire, officials say. Another firefighter was injured when a suspect opened fire with a high-powered rifle near the city of Coeur d’Alene, according to the Kootenai County Sheriff’s…
Kootenai County Sheriff says law enforcement officials are taking sniper fire as they hunt for the killer. At least two people have been killed in the United States after a gunman shot at firefighters responding to a blaze in the state of Idaho, according to officials. The Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office said that crews responded…
