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The Latest Breaking News on Wildfires

Greece wildfire largest ever recorded in the EU and showing no sign of slowing down

Officials said wind could cause the flames to spread even further

The Independent UK

Massive wildfire in northeastern Greece persists for 11th day despite European firefighting efforts

A massive wildfire is burning unabated in northeastern Greece for the 11th day despite the efforts of hundreds of firefighters and a fleet of water-dropping aircraft

The Independent UK

Hawaii power utility takes responsibility for first fire on Maui, but faults county firefighters

Hawaii’s electric utility acknowledged its power lines started a wildfire on Maui but faulted county firefighters for declaring the blaze contained and leaving the scene, only to have a second wildfire break out nearby and become the deadliest in the U.S. in more than a century

The Independent UK

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Today’s bushfires are off-the-scale bad. The only safe option is to leave before they start

In the early 2000s, our safety plan was to stay and defend. But catastrophic fires since have drastically changed the thinking

The Guardian - AU

To stop wildfires, residents in some Greek suburbs put their own money toward early warning drones

Residents in leafy suburb of the Greek capital have united this summer to prevent the nightmare of towering, deadly wildfires from reaching their homes

The Independent UK

Greece reinforces firefighting forces to tackle massive blaze in the country's northeast

Greek authorities have reinforced firefighting forces in the northeastern part of the country where a massive deadly wildfire was burning for a 10th day with no signs of abating

The Independent UK

Some wildfire evacuations end in British Columbia, but fire threatens community farther north

The wildfire situation has showed some improvement in British Columbia, with more people being allowed to return to their homes over the weekend, but blazes continue to threaten communities in Canada’s Northwest Territories

The Independent UK

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Lahaina wants closure. Authorities plead for patience

Search and recovery teams say the work to identify human remains in Lahaina is grueling and complicated by the fact that the fire burned so hot, even just making a positive ID is difficult.

WEKU

The Week in Detail: Sex ed, wildfires, and migrant exploitation

The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week.

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Louisiana residents told to ‘get out now’ in face of sweeping wildfire

Nearly 1,000 people in Merryville, in Beauregard parish close to Texas border, ordered to evacuate as Tiger Island fire burns nearby

The Guardian - US

Q&A: Maui wildfires ‘an acceleration of injustices’ long felt on island

Al Jazeera speaks to Kaniela Ing, director of Green New Deal Network, about devastating Hawaii blazes and what’s next.

Al Jazeera

Satellite imagery captures wildfires breaking across Greece (photo)

The Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellites are monitoring changes in the fire to aid civil protection and humanitarian response.

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Minister calls out ‘arsonist scum’ as 79 arrested over Greece wildfires

‘You will not get away with it, we will find you, you will be held accountable,’ climate minister vows

The Independent UK

Hawaii officials release list of 388 people missing after Maui wildfires

Fema teams with cadaver dogs scour rubble of the town as 46 victims so far identified of death toll of 115

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Maui officials release 388 names of people unaccounted for in Maui fire

The names were released after Hawaii Gov. Josh Green said the FBI was working to "un-duplicate" people who were reported missing.

Al Jazeera

Deaths in Greece wildfires highlight the plight of asylum seekers

Firefighters find 18 burned bodies in Dadia Forest, suspected to be asylum seekers, as wildfires ravage northern Greece.

The Guardian - UK

Firefighters in Greece tackle more than 200 wildfires in 48 hours

Temperature records broken in France and red alerts issued in Italy as late summer heatwave continues in southern Europe

Al Jazeera

Mapping the scale of Canada’s record wildfires

Canada is battling more than 1,000 active fires, and nearly two-thirds of them are out of control.

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Rare ‘fire tornado’ caught on camera as Canada wildfires rage

Firefighters in British Columbia are tackling ferocious blazes caused by an unusual conjunction of atmospheric events

The Independent UK

European firefighters and planes join battle against wildfires that have left 20 dead in Greece

Water-dropping planes from several European countries have joined hundreds of firefighters battling wildfires raging for days across Greece that have left 20 people dead, while major blazes are also burning in Spain’s Tenerife and in northwestern Turkey near the Greek border

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: experts warn of bushfire risk; Woodside activists restrained; and a Fyre festival reboot

Australians are being urged to prepare for the most significant fire season since the black summer bushfires

The Independent UK

In deadly Maui fires, many had no warning and no way out. Those who dodged barricades survived

As flames tore through a West Maui neighborhood, fleeing residents headed for the only paved road out of town in a dash for safety

The Independent UK

Biden hit with backlash for comparing Maui wildfires to almost losing his Corvette in a small house fire

The president and first lady visited Maui on Monday to meet with first responders, local officials and residents

The Independent UK

Canadian officials ease wildfire evacuation orders in scenic British Columbia region

Canadian firefighters have begun easing evacuation orders in a scenic region of British Columbia, with the prospect of better weather raising hopes for the battle to contain wildfires

The Guardian - US

Climate crisis made spate of Canada wildfires twice as likely, scientists find

Burning of fossil fuels made fires at least twice as likely, and the fire-prone weather at least 20% more intense, study shows

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