The number of forest fires burning across Canada crept higher over the last week and more dangerous air quality warnings were issued in parts of Ontario and Quebec Sunday. The Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre, known as CIFFC, reported 465 active fires burning across the country, including 240 that are out of control. Almost one-quarter…

A city on Quebec’s north shore has declared a state of emergency as forest fires rage in the vicinity. Sept-Îles Mayor Steeve Beaupré says certain sectors of the city have been ordered to evacuate by 4 p.m. today as a preventive measure, with an emergency shelter set up in nearby Port-Cartier. Earlier this week, another…

Quebec’s forest fire prevention agency said Thursday that two wildfires were burning out of control in the province, including one in northern Quebec that has led to the evacuation of about 500 homes. A forest fire remained out of control in Chapais, a community of just over 1,500 in northern Quebec. On Wednesday evening, the…

With the temperature expected to reach close to 30 C in parts of Edmonton, the province says the fire danger is growing from very high to extreme levels in many northern areas of the province. Officials say that residents need to be prepared to urgently evacuate with very little warning. The situation is expected to…

At approximately 6:30 p.m. local time on May 7, Alberta had 108 active wildfires burning, with 29 considered out of control and 61 under control and contained. Another 22 fires were being held and not expected to grow past expected boundaries. Officials at an afternoon press conference earlier that day said 16 new wildfires started…

TRABUCO CANYON, Calif.—Firefighters worked through the night and this morning, monitoring and constructing containment lines in order to limit the damage of a wildfire that broke out in the Cleveland National Forest near the Riverside-Orange County line that has consumed approximately 553 acres. Overnight, fire crews observed little fire activity while constructing containment lines. Ground…

Scientists studying forest density in the Sierra Nevada have found that trees there were scarcer but physically larger in 1911 than in 2011, meaning that “resilient” forests could be remarkably thin by today’s standards. “Our findings suggest forests need to be treated more intensively than is often done when just reducing fuels, particularly greater reductions…

The Orange County Fire Authority (OCFA) continues to assist in Northern California as the fires persist, causing local hospitals and all National Forests to temporarily close. Five fire engines, a helicopter, and 22 firefighter personnel are stationed fighting the Dixie Fire that is 52 percent contained as of Sept. 1. Other command positions from the…

ISTANBUL—One person has died and 10 people were trapped in a forest fire that was burning for a second day in southern Turkey on Thursday, Agriculture Minister Bekir Pakdemirli said, as rescue and extinguishing efforts continued. Hot weather and strong winds have helped the fire spread around the town of Manavgat, 75 kilometers (45 miles)…

ISTANBUL—Three people were found dead as a forest fire burned for a second day in southern Turkey on Thursday, the country’s AFAD disaster agency and the agriculture minister said. Efforts to rescue others and extinguish the blaze continued after more than 100 people were evacuated, required medical treatment or suffered property damage. Television footage showed…