Wildfires

Hong Kong authorities have detained 13 people on suspicion of manslaughter following the city’s deadliest fire in decades, which has claimed at least 146 lives and left around 40 residents …

Hong Kong paused in grief on Saturday as the city mourned the 128 confirmed victims of a catastrophic blaze at the Wang Fuk Court apartment complex. With 150 residents still …

Hong Kong authorities confirmed on Friday that rescue operations at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po have ended, with the death toll from the city’s worst fire in nearly 80 …

Fire engulfed a duplex at 3 Michael Ogun Street, GRA Ikeja, Lagos on Friday, destroying five rooms in the building. According to a statement by the Director, Lagos State Fire …

At Kabong, Gada Biyu in the Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State, a fire incident resulted in at least seven confirmed fatalities and a number of other injuries. …

At least 16 people were killed in a coal mine fire Sunday in southwest China’s Guizhou province, local officials said. The fire broke out at the Shanjiaoshu Coal Mine at …

Police with sniffer dogs searched through the gutted remains of a Johannesburg apartment block on Friday, as authorities stepped up investigations into the cause of a fire that killed more …

Hospital patients were evacuated onto a ferry in the Greek port city of Alexandroupolis on Tuesday away from a wildfire raging uncontrolled for a fourth day as a new heatwave …

An estimated 26,000 people may have been forced flee a wildfire raging out of control on the Spanish holiday island of Tenerife as high temperatures and strong winds plagued efforts …

Residents of western Canada scrambled to evacuate Saturday as raging wildfires encroached on two metropolitan areas — separate blazes that have sent tens of thousands fleeing over the course of …