Fire

Wildfire mere kilometres from Fort Nelson, B.C., city limits doubles in size again

Thousands in Fort Nelson, B.C., ordered to evacuate as fire nears town

Quebec forest fire workers vote in favour of strike mandate as summer wildfire season nears

Ukraine says Russia is trying to break through its defences in Kharkiv region

Emergency management NGOs prepare for Canada’s wildfire season

Start of wildfire season better than last year, but risk is high as drought continues

Russia’s ‘double-tap’ air strikes put Ukraine’s firefighters in even deadlier danger on the job

John Vaillant wins Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for political writing for Fire Weather

Property insurer Intact rolls out pilot project to fireproof homes when wildfires are near

Under the shadow of war, West Bank settlers are pushing Palestinians from their lands

Montreal police investigating death of woman found in apartment fire as a homicide

Preparing for wildfire season is a year-round endeavour in Western Canada

Owner of exploded Michigan building arrested at airport while trying to leave U.S., authorities say

‘Extreme drought’ in area of early-season wildfire near Chetwynd, B.C.

Quebec grants up to $40-million for cleanup, repairs of Montreal’s Olympic Stadium after March fire

Fire bans announced in B.C. and Alberta as more than 170 wildfires burn

Martian skies over Athens? Greece's capital turns an orange hue with dust clouds from North Africa

Fire destroys Second World War hangar at former Edmonton airport

Wildfires in B.C., Alberta signal an early start to a dry, volatile year

‘Trees going up like Roman candles’ as fire season starts early in B.C. and Alberta

Fire in Labrador town under control, officials tell residents to stay away

Labrador town declares state of emergency as officials brace for possible explosion

Florida man dies after setting himself on fire outside New York courthouse where Trump trial under way

Coroner’s inquest to probe death of B.C. man shot dozens of times by police in 2018

Suspect in fire outside of US Sen. Bernie Sanders’ Vermont office to remain detained, judge says

Quebec provincial police say body found in fire-swept St-Georges home

Wildfire sparked by rupture on TC Energy’s NGTL gas pipeline under control; investigation continues

Iconic spire collapses as fire rages through 17th-century Old Stock Exchange in Copenhagen

Ottawa boosts funding to train urban firefighters to tackle wildfires

Israeli forces, armed settlers kill three Palestinians in rising West Bank violence

Pakistani police search for gunmen who abducted bus passengers and killed 11 in the southwest

Canada advises against all travel to Israel, West Bank due to heightened risk

Volunteer firefighters’ tax credit to double, as Ottawa prepares for catastrophic wildfire season

Drought, heat raise risk of repeat of last summer’s record-breaking wildfires

An engine cover on a Southwest Airlines plane rips off, forcing the flight to return to Denver