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Wildfires can be started by lightning strikes, but they are often caused by human activity, such as campfires that are not properly extinguished. Wildfires can cause significant damage to property and natural resources, and they can also pose a threat to human safety.

Firemen fighting fire in San Diego County

Wildfire in San Diego County, California, causes Mexico-US border at Tecate to close

September 2, 2022

The Border 32 wildfire in East County is only 14 percent contained on Wednesday afternoon, while the Tecate crossing gate and part of State Route … Read more

Categories Wildfires Locations California, Mexico, United States
August 2022 wildfires in Algeria's Eastern regions

Forest fire hell breaks loose in Algeria’s Eastern regions

August 18, 2022

The firefighting teams intervened at around two o’clock Wednesday morning to put out a fire that broke out in Mashtaat al-Ramadania in the municipality of … Read more

Categories Wildfires Locations Algeria
Wildfire near Fredericksburg, Texas

Big Sky Fire near Fredericksburg causes the closure of Enchanted Rock natural area

August 3, 2022

A wildfire outside Fredericksburg has consumed at least 1,400 acres in the area, displacing firefighters and prompting the closure of the Enchanted Rock Natural Area. … Read more

Categories Wildfires Locations Texas, United States
Wildfire in Villeneuve, Alpes de Haute Provence, France

A fire in Villeneuve, France, has caused the evacuation of 200 residents and has burned 170 hectares of land

August 2, 2022

A fresh fire has broken out in Villeneuve, and the firefighting crews from Alpes-de-Haute-Provence have been sent to put it out. Two hundred persons are … Read more

Categories Wildfires Locations Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France
Keremeos Creek wildfire in British Columbia

Recent forest fires in British Columbia have prompted further evacuations

August 2, 2022

On Friday night in British Columbia, more people were told to evacuate their homes due to a forest fire in the southern portion of the … Read more

Categories Wildfires Locations British Columbia, Canada
McKinney Fire in California

Images depicting the devastating McKinney fire, which was California’s most destructive blaze this year

August 2, 2022

On Monday, August 1, firefighters in northern California are working to contain the state’s most destructive wildfire of the year, which has already claimed the … Read more

Categories Wildfires Locations California, United States
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