Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair said 2023 is Canada’s worst wildfire season on record, and while rainfall will bring relief for Quebec in the next few weeks, associated lightning storms could raise the risk of new fires. “Thunderstorms can increase the risk of fire activity due to lightning strikes, and warmer temperatures are also beginning…

WELLINGTON, New Zealand—New Zealand police said Wednesday they believe a fire that killed at least six people in a Wellington hostel was arson and launched a homicide investigation. Police Inspector Dion Bennett said they haven’t yet arrested anybody but they have a list of people they want to speak to and hope to quickly identify…

HAVANA—Forest fires raged on in Cuba’s eastern region on Monday, inching toward more populated ground more than a week after sparking near a national park. More than 2,000 hectares of forest, including plantations and coffee crops, have been devoured by the flames, authorities said, as firefighters, park employees, and soldiers battled the blaze. The fires…

A string of fires at food processing plants across the country has led to intense speculation on social media as to whether the fires were accidental or the result of an intentional attack on critical food infrastructure. To investigate whether there was truth to the latter, the team of EpochTV’s “Facts Matter” investigated claims of…

PARIS—Hundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires continued to rage out of control in southwestern France, authorities said on Friday. More than 1,000 firefighters, supported by nine water-bomber aircraft, have been battling since Tuesday to master two blazes fanned by scorching heat, tinder-box conditions, and strong winds. “The situation is still adverse,”…

May 2020, I, along with other experts, predicted that food disruptions and even famine could follow the COVID-19 pandemic. Unfortunately, that prediction appears to be coming true, as food shortages and sky-high prices will become a long-term thing by this fall. Don’t panic, just prepare. STORY AT-A-GLANCE It’s becoming increasingly clear that severe food shortages…

A fire at a large commercial egg farm in Minnesota left thousands of chickens dead, officials confirmed over the Memorial Day Weekend. The fire started late Saturday night at a Forsman Farms facility in Stockholm Township, Minnesota, officials told local media. Reports said the blaze occurred at a barn that houses manure and chickens. Deputies…

An incendiary mix of strong winds, parched vegetation, and bone dry conditions on Monday could stoke more wildfires in southwest Texas where hundreds of people fled their homes and dozens of structures were destroyed. Some 178 wildfires have already burned nearly 109,000 acres across the state over the last week. State fire officials worried about…

ITUZAINGÓ, Argentina—Luis Candia is battling to put out raging wildfires in Argentina’s northern Corrientes province, which have scarred the region burning over 800,000 hectares of land, more than twice the size of Rhode Island. With a water pack on his back and his face covered to protect him from the smoke and flames, the volunteer…

President Joe Biden earlier this month quietly fired two presidential appointees from the waning days of the Trump administration who sued the Department of Education for refusing to deliver their signed presidential commissions. The two men, economics professor Steve Hanke and law professor John Yoo, were appointed by then-President Donald Trump to the National Board…