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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Twelve people died and another four were injured in northern Mexico on Sunday after a van crashed into a ravine and caught fire, sparking a blaze in the surrounding forest, state authorities said.
Police have launched a probe into a man suspected of accidentally igniting the country's worst wildfires in history while cleaning his relatives' gravesites, an investigator said.
KUANTAN: The forest and pineapple plantation fire near Kampung Cenderawasih, Pekan since March 7 has increased to 113ha compared to 94ha on Wednesday, said Pahang Fire and Rescue Department director Mohd Razam Taja Rahim.
BANGKOK: In a united effort to prevent forest fires, a team of three elephants joined over 20 locals in constructing firebreaks in Chiang Mai's Mae Taeng district on Wednesday (March 26).
KUANTAN: The operation to extinguish a fire at a 176ha oil palm plantation and forest along the Kuantan-Sungai Ular bypass in Gebeng, which began on Feb 22 has been successfully completed on Monday (March 10).
A suspect has been sentenced to four years in prison and fined 133.23 million baht for causing a forest fire in Khao Noi-Khao Pradu Wildlife Sanctuary in Phitsanulok, the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) revealed on Friday (March 7).
A company that specialises in early wildfire detection has developed a new, AI-based drone it says will help speed up the detection, location and monitoring of fires.
A wildfire in northern Japan has damaged over 80 buildings and forced the evacuation of hundreds of residents, with military helicopters mobilised to help put it out, authorities said Thursday (Feb 27).
At least one person has died in a wildfire that damaged more than 80 buildings and forced the evacuation of hundreds of residents in Japan, authorities said.
SEOUL: The deadly wildfires in southeastern South Korea have come under control, but it could take a century for the ecosystem in the entire area affected by the wildfires to recover, according to forestry researchers.
Thailand announced that a forest fire that broke out at Laem Krating in Phuket, Southern Thailand, last night has been successfully extinguished, although it has impacted air quality in the country.
THE country is expected to witness a normal dry season in 2025, following a similar pattern to last year, the country's weather agency said, even as it highlighted risks of forest fires and drought in some areas.
South Korean firefighters have deployed helicopters as the country's biggest wildfires on record that ravaged wide areas of its southeast reignited in one of the region's cities, an official said.
PHNOM PENH: Around 30 per cent of the forest area at the Techo Sen Russey Treb Park – which spans over 10,000 hectares in Preah Vihear province’s Chheb district – has been destroyed by fire, resulting in the loss of wildlife and numerous trees.
YEONGYANG, South Korea (Reuters) - As the flames of a raging wildfire swept towards the town of Samui-ri in South Korea's mountainous southeast this week, a village leader surnamed Kwon rushed home to try to help his family and neighbours.
South Korean firefighters deployed helicopters Saturday as the country's biggest wildfires on record that ravaged wide areas of its southeast reignited in one of the region's cities, an official said.
YANGON: Myanmar is cooperating with Thailand, Laos and China to control cross-border forest fire and smog pollution at the national level, said U Khin Maung Yi, Union Minister for Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation.
Wildfires raging in the country doubled in size yesterday from a day earlier, as authorities called the blazes the nation's worst natural fire disaster with at least 26 people killed and historic temples incinerated.
KOTA KINABALU: The preservation and rehabilitation of mangrove forests help mitigate climate change and supports a diverse range of organisms.
SEOUL: A Buddhist monk was found dead inside a temple that had been gutted by fast-moving wildfires in Yeongyang, North Gyeongsang Province, local reports said Thursday (March 27).
