forest fires

President of Ecuador Daniel Noboa abruptly canceled his address to the United Nations General Assembly, scheduled for Wednesday, to return home in response to raging forest fires in the capital city of Quito.

In a bizarre twist that seems straight out of a dystopian sci-fi movie, U.S. residents can now legally purchase a flame-throwing robot dog named Thermonator for just under $10,000.

Officials overseeing the Brazilian Amazon registered almost 3,000 fires during February, marking a new record for the South American country, according to data released by Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research (INPE).

A man from Quebec has pled guilty to starting 14 forest fires that forced hundreds of Canadians to flee their homes last summer.

A blaze burning on the Greek island of Rhodes forced authorities to order an evacuation of four locations, including two resorts.

A 54-year-old man was arrested by police for allegedly causing at least 19 forest fires in the province of Cáceres over the last two years.

Republican Washington state U.S. Senate candidate Tiffany Smiley is calling for a return to American energy independence, according to her energy and environment policy proposal obtained exclusively by Breitbart News.

German police have identified four shisha-smoking Iraqi migrants as suspects in a forest fire in Saxony that took place last month and devastated the Saxon Switzerland National Park.

A 37-year-old volunteer fireman, forestry officer, and former deputy mayor in France has admitted he was behind several fires.

The Biden administration has told New Mexico forest fire victims to cover certain damage expenses for a forest fire that the U.S. Government started, Reuters reported. 

Raging wildfires in Sicily and Calabria are being blamed on arsonists, with one Italian mayor offering a five-year tax exemption to those who can identify any of the alleged arsonists behind the fires.

During Saturday’s Republican Weekly Address, Rep. Doug LaMalfa (R-CA) argued that better forest management that clears certain risky areas can not only prevent fires that cause massive CO2 emissions, but would also create jobs and prevent the U.S. from having to

(AFP) — Cyprus said a deadly forest fire that was the worst to hit the island in decades was close to being brought under control Sunday after water bombing by Greek and Israeli aircraft.

Greece’s police and fire service have launched an investigation after at least 15 fires broke out in just 48 hours in the Evros border area with Turkey.

An Oregon woman forced a suspected arsonist to the ground at gunpoint after she allegedly noticed the suspect had matches in his hands, according to a video.

“You know it is about forest management. Please remember the words, very simple: forest management. Please remember that,” he said at a campaign rally in Minden, Nevada on Saturday night.

Actor Leonardo DiCaprio has pushed back against claims made by Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro that the Hollywood star’s donations to environmental groups have contributed to the recent forest fires inflicting the Amazon rainforest.

Thousands of people took to the streets in the Bolivian city of Santa Cruz on Sunday in protest this week against far-left President Evo Morales over his handling of wildfires that have ripped through swaths of the country’s forests this year.

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro signed a decree on Thursday banning the setting of fires to clear land for farmers and other economic activities for the next two months.

The head of the United Nations on Thursday called for a meeting of key countries late next month to tackle the Amazon forest fires, which he called a “very serious situation.”