#wildfire

Collection of wildfire news, found 97 news.

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Asia-Pacific news agencies wage full-on war against fake news

Fake news has turned out to be the next wave of misinformation warfare in the digital era following the election of ...

Death toll hits 48 in California`s worst wildfire disaster

The remains of six more fire victims were found on Tuesday in a northern California town overrun by flames last week, ...

Prolonged drought triggers wildfires on mountains in Java

Some parts of Indonesia`s regions have entered the rainy season, while several others, such as Java and Nusa Tenggara ...

Wildfire on Mt Merbabu slope extinguished

A joint team comprising military and police officers as well as volunteers, among others, managed to extinguished a ...

Wildfires raze part of Mount Ciremai and Mount Slamet forest areas

Wildfires have razed parts of the forest areas on Mount Ciremai, located in Kuningan, West Java Province, and Mount ...

Wildfire razes part of Mt Sadran forest area

A forest area located on the slope of Mount Sadran in Broto Village, Slahung Sub-district, Ponorogo District, East ...

Fire razes 9.5-hectare forest area in Mt Sindoro, C Java

Efforts went on to extinguish a wildfire that has razed an area measuring 9.5 hectares in Mt Sindoro forest located in ...

Deadly California wildfire spreads as police report 17 people missing

Police in Northern California searched on Saturday for 17 people listed as missing two days after a deadly wildfire ...

Forest fire in Ogan Ilir forest extinguished

Commander of the Sriwijaya/Regional Military District II Major General Am Putranto has confirmed that a fire in the ...

28 hotspots detected on Sumatra Island

The Meteorological, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has detected 28 hotspots, indicating forest and ...

Earth Wire -- NASA satellites detect 48 hotspots across Sumatra

The Terra and Aqua satellites of NASA detected 48 hotspots across Sumatra Island on Wednesday morning. Of the ...

Some 300 families in Riau flee homes due to wildfire

Some 300 families from three sub-districts in Riau province began fleeing their homes on Saturday (August 27) due to ...

Riau police name 85 suspects over wildfire cases

The Riau Police have named 85 suspects over wildfires during the January-August 2016 period. The cases are being ...

23 hotspots detected on Sumatra Island

As many as 23 hotspots, with 50 percent indicating forest and plantation fires, were detected in five provinces across ...

Heat wave hits some European countries, more wildfires reported

A rampant heat wave has hit some European countries recently, and more wildfires have been reported. In the ...