Searing heatwaves as southern European nation faces one of its worst summers for fires in two decades

Strong winds, scorching heat fuel flames believed to have been started by arsonists

Thousands of residents, tourists evacuated as nations like Spain, Greece, Portugal, Albania at 'extreme, very high risk of fire'

EL ARENAL/AROUCA, July 30 — Thousands of firefighters struggled to put out a dozen wildfires raging in northern Portugal and central Spain through the night and into Wednesday, in the largest wave of blazes in the Iberian Peninsula so far this year after weeks of summer heat.

MOSCOW, July 26 — United States President Donald Trump has announced that US$100 million (RM422.44 million) that were raised by a FireAid benefit concert earlier this year to support wildfire victims in California have gone missing, Sputnik reported.

BANGKOK, March 28 — Thailand is ramping up efforts to combat wildfires in the northern provinces as part of a broader push to curb hazardous PM2.5 air pollution.

UISEONG, March 26 — At least 18 people have died as multiple wildfires rage across South Korea’s southeastern region, with thousands of firefighters aided by the military deployed in a bid to contain one of the country’s worst forest fires in decades.

SANCHEONG COUNTY, March 25 — Deadly wildfires spread further across South Korea yesterday as authorities designated three more counties 'special disaster zones'.

SANCHEONG, March 24 — Deadly wildfires spread further across South Korea today as authorities designated three more counties “special disaster zones”.

LOS ANGELES, Jan 31 — As Los Angeles recovers from its devastating wildfires, environmental engineers, urban planners and natural disaster experts are casting forward with visions of what could come next for neighborhoods that have been reduced to ash and rubble.

CASTAIC, California, Jan 24 — Powerful winds and bone-dry conditions could pose a challenge to firefighters battling new wildfires in southern California, including a blaze that swelled over the past day and forced tens of thousands of evacuations north of Los Angeles.

CASTAIC, Jan 23 — A new wildfire that broke out north of Los Angeles yesterday rapidly spread to more than 9,400 acres (38sqkm), fueled by strong winds and dry brush, forcing mandatory evacuation orders for more than 31,000 people.

PUTRAJAYA, Jan 12 — Malaysian students in Los Angeles, the United States, have been asked to update their personal and study particulars on the MyData@EducationMalaysia4U system to ensure access to accurate data.

LOS ANGELES, Jan 11 — When wildfires destroyed parts of Los Angeles this week, real estate agent Jenna Cooper started asking friends for clothing and other items to help people in need.

LOS ANGELES, Jan 11 — Business was brisk at Teddy's Cocina in Pasadena as wildfire evacuees ate lunch and passersby ducked indoors to escape from the brown, smoky air blanketing the city.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 9 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim extended his deepest condolences today to those affected by the devastating wildfires across Southern California in the United States.

LOS ANGELES, Jan 9 — Raging wildfires surrounding Los Angeles spread to the Hollywood Hills yesterday, after other fires in the area killed at least five people, destroyed hundreds of homes and stretched firefighting resources and water supplies to the limit.

WASHINGTON, Oct 27 — Roughly 60,000 people have been evacuated southeast of Los Angeles, California after a wildfire started early Monday morning in neighbouring Orange County, Anadolu Agency reported.