Australia mourns victims, celebrates community spirit a year after wildfires killed 173 people Releasing butterflies to honor the dead, Australians marked the one-year ...
Residents in Western Australia fled a raging wildfire Wednesday that incinerated nearly 40 homes in the country's worst blaze since "Black Saturday" fires ...
Australian authorities declared a natural disaster Wednesday after a raging wildfire destroyed nearly 40 homes in the country's worst blaze since 173 died in February's Black Saturday tragedy. Hundreds of firefighters battled the inferno at the wheat-farming town of Toodyay, about 80 ...
A raging wildfire in Australia's west has destroyed at least 20 homes and injured three firefighters, officials said Wednesday, evoking bleak memories of devastating fires in February. Hundreds of firefighters were battling the out-of-control blaze at Toodyay, a farming district about 80 ...
Australian officials urged residents to evacuate a wheat farming district in the west of the country Tuesday as towering wildfires with flames higher than rooftops threatened homes. People in the Dandaragan area north of Perth were told to flee immediately as the ...
Australian officials urged residents to evacuate a wheat farming district in the west of the country Tuesday as towering wildfires with flames higher than rooftops threatened homes. People in the Dandaragan area north of Perth were told to flee immediately as the ...
Australian officials urged residents to evacuate a wheat farming district in the west of the country Tuesday as towering wildfires with flames higher than rooftops threatened homes. People in the Dandaragan area north of Perth were told to flee immediately as the ...
Australian firefighters battled nearly 100 blazes on Thursday which engulfed at least one home and put several others under threat. More than 200 firefighters using 50 firetrucks and five aircraft fought one of the fiercest infernos at Londonderry near Australia's biggest city ...
Official: US Forest Service considers attacking wildfires by air at night The U.S. Forest Service is considering allowing its helicopters to attack wildfires at night, a practice the agency has long discouraged because of risks to pilots, a senior official said Monday. ...
Australian firefighters battled to contain scores of blazes in the country's southeast on Monday as a sharp drop in temperatures eased fears for dozens of threatened homes. About 600 firefighters backed by water-bombing aircraft were fighting 82 fires around New South Wales ...
Hundreds of residents in eastern Australia were on alert Sunday as out-of-control wildfires fanned by soaring temperatures and windy conditions threatened properties, officials said. A bushfire emergency warning, the highest level of alert, has been issued for those living in the New ...
About 100 bushfires were burning in eastern Australia on Sunday as a hospital was evacuated and 1,000 firefighters battled the blazes amid sweltering conditions. As temperatures soared past 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit), firefighters in central New South Wales state were ...
