Suicides, overdoses spike in wake of Maui’s Lahaina wildfire in 2023
The risk of suicides and overdoses in the wake of disastrous wildfires is immediate, according to new research published by the University of Hawai’i.| Wildfire Today
Spain has never seen a wildfire season like 2025. The nation, on average, only sees around 15,000 burnt acres (6,000 hectares) by Aug. 19, according to the European Union’s Earth observation arm. So far in 2025, the nation has experienced 437,000 burnt acres (177,000 hectares). Spain’s totals have skewed wildfire data throughout the EU. Officials […]| Wildfire Today
A new resource to understand fire across northern Australia has been launched for students young and old – and anyone else interested in how wildfire is managed year-round in a hot/dry, hot/wet climate. An introductory video is narrated by Tiwi Indigenous Ranger, Derek Puruntatameri, and produced by Emma Masters. The video is part of a […]| Wildfire Today
Canada has pledged to fund 30 wildfire research projects across the nation, totaling nearly $46 million. While today its National Preparedness Level remains at its highest level with 625 active fires (112 Out of Control), with national and international deployments underway, and near record areas burnt this season, Canada has committed to ensure its wildfire […]| Wildfire Today
The Australian “Black Spring” bushfires of 2023 are not well known. Unlike the 2019-20 Black Summer fires, fires in the desert regions receive little public attention outside of their immediate area of impact. And yet the fires in Australian tropical savannas and northern spinifex deserts in late 2023 were Australia’s biggest in more than a […]| Wildfire Today
Europe’s wildfires this year are already nearing historic levels, according to the continent’s civil protection agency. The European Union’s Civil Protection Mechanism has already been activated 16 times for wildfires in 2025, the same number of times the mechanism was activated for wildfires during all of 2024. The activation allows other nations within the continent […]| Wildfire Today
Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued a disaster declaration for 191 counties on Tuesday due to heightened wildfire danger across the state. Abbott said the counties face an “imminent threat of widespread or severe damage, injury, or loss of life” due to forecast fire weather conditions. The Texas A&M Forest Service raised the state’s wildland fire […]| Wildfire Today
Fires in Europe are raging close to record levels with little prospect of relief in coming days. With temperatures of more than 40C/104F fueling a heatwave in many areas, the fires are driving evacuations across southern European regions including Italy, Spain, France, Portugal and the Balkans. The fires have disrupted much of the usual summer […]| Wildfire Today
The total number of deaths from the Los Angeles fires of early 2025 is far higher than the official count of fatalities, researchers have found. The death toll from the Eaton and Palisades fires that burned Los Angeles communities in January recently rose to 31 after officials discovered a body more than six months after […]| Wildfire Today
By David Bruce The public emergency warning system developed in Western Australia has been adapted for use by the Manitoba Emergency Management Organisation as MB Ready across the province of Manitoba, Canada. Multiple states of emergency have been declared across Canada in recent months as hundreds of wildfires burnt out of control, making it the […]| Wildfire Today
The risk of suicides and overdoses in the wake of disastrous wildfires is immediate, according to new research published by the University of Hawai’i.| Wildfire Today
The spread of false claims linking Canada’s wildfires to arson or governmental conspiracies, rather than climate change, has been part of a years-long trend, the Climate Action Against Disinformation organization said in a recent bulletin. It said this year’s misinformation is made up of the same baseless claims it detailed in a report from last year.| Wildfire Today
Republican representatives from Minnesota and Wisconsin recently sent a formal letter to Canada, demanding that the nation “deal with” its wildfires and the smoke produced by them.| Wildfire Today
The charter mentions a number of things we can use to reduce wildfire risk. Some we do, some we don’t do enough of.| Wildfire Today
Three Transall C-160 fixed-wing aircraft are on track to be ready and available for contracts to the 2025-2026 Australian bushfire season and elsewhere.| Wildfire Today
The Fish Creek Fire has burned nearly 8,000 acres in Wyoming's Bridger-Teton National Forest. The wildfire is expected to get even bigger.| Wildfire Today
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