Firefighters stopped the spread of a 311-acre wildfire in the heavily vegetated Santa Ana River bottom Friday, despite gusty Santa Ana winds and extremely dry conditions amid a late-winter heat spe

Much of fire-prone south-eastern Australia is poorly served by fire services and the shortfall is likely to worsen as cities sprawl and a warming climate increases risk, according to research commi

Fanned by strong afternoon winds, the forest fire, which started around 11:30 yesterday morning near Gyalpoizhing town in Mongar, has damaged some 200 acres of chirpine forest.

Advocacy group submits memorandum to the Forest Department

The Forest Department has been urged to hire people from the local communities as fire watchers in view of a prolonged dry season and the threat of forest fire in national parks. It has also been suggested that funding could be sought from State Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority.

Temperatures in Sydney on Friday hit their highest levels since records began 150 years ago, after an Australian government agency warned of more frequent and intense heatwaves in the future.

Australia’s extreme summer heatwave, which caused devastating bushfires and saw temperature forecasts go off the scale, is part of a global warming trend, the UN’s climate panel chief said Tuesday.

Australia’s extreme summer heatwave, which caused devastating bushfires and saw temperature forecasts go off the scale, is part of a global warming trend, the U.N.‘s climate panel chief said Tuesda

Rob Torenius had seen bush fires come close to his family’s timber mill in the southeast Tasmanian town of Forcett – but not since 1967. His son, Matthew, had never encountered them.