Firefighters tackle wildfire for eighth day

The latest: Firefighters tackling a wildfire say they are focusing on extinguishing hotspots.

Belgium wildfire rages on as more help expected from abroad

Emergency services battled a raging wildfire in a nature reserve in eastern Belgium overnight, hoping that reinforcements ...

Maps show wildfire smoke forecast, air quality alerts due to pollution from Canadian, Minnesota fires

Heavy smoke from several large wildfires blazing in Canada and Minnesota engulfed large swaths of the Midwest and East Coast.

As it happened: Firefighters tackle challenging New Forest wildfire

Drivers abandoned their vehicles on Sunday after the fire spread from a van that set alight. More than 120 firefighters have ...

Sign of life as bright orange 'fire fungus' grows at park ravaged by wildfire

Forestry and Land Scotland says the fungus is among the first signs of life in areas of burned woodland, following a major ...
University of California

Wildfire smoke is worse than you think

Scientists at the University of California are studying how this growing crisis affects our health — and the findings are alarming.

Wildfire smoke in July resulted in $6.68 billion in economic losses to Michigan, researchers say

The wildfire smoke that drifted over 10 states during July resulted in over $6.68 billion in losses in Michigan alone, ...

EU sends aircraft, evacuations begin as Belgium fights record wildfire

By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS, Aug 15 (Reuters) - The European Union deployed three helicopters and two water bomber aircraft to tackle a record wildfire in eastern Belgium, the bloc's crisis commissioner ...

Wildfire smoke kills tens of thousands of people a year. Here’s how it attacks the body

Wildfire smoke, which is increasing in the Northern Hemisphere as the climate warms, attacks nearly every system in the body.