A Spanish man trying to protect his town from a wildfire had a close brush with death on Monday (18 July) when the blaze engulfed his...
Crisis Management Commissioner Janez Lenarcic speaks during an interview in Brussels, Belgium. The European Union is in talks with manufacturers to buy firefighting planes to battle...
A heatwave that swept across southern Europe and caused hundreds of deaths as well as massive wildfires, showed signs of abating Monday. However, it continued northward...
A coalition of hundreds of emergency personnel and French airborne firefighters brought a wildfire close to the Mediterranean coast under control Friday. However, it will take...
Unidad Militar de Emergencias (UME), a firefighter, tackles a forestfire near Artazu in Navarre, Spain, 19 June, 2022. On Monday (20 June), emergency planes dropped water...
World leaders are under pressure to respond to global warming, and intense heatwaves and frequent forest fires are becoming an increasing threat around the Mediterranean, writes...
Austria activated the EU Civil Protection Mechanism (MPCU) on 29 October, asking for help to tackle the forest fires that had broken out in the Hirschwang...