Keywords: Fires


Toxic Haze From Indonesia Forces School Closures Across Malaysia

Deteriorating air quality linked to Indonesian forest and peatland fires has forced Malaysian authorities to close schools in several parts of the country, including Kuala Lumpur, highlighting the growing cross-border impact of the region’s prolonged haze crisis. Education Minister Fadhlina Sidek......

England records unprecedented number of wildfires in July 2026

England recorded a record 624 vegetation fires in July 2026, as prolonged heatwaves and dry conditions increased the risk of fires spreading across rural areas, according to provisional government figures reported by British newspaper The Guardian. The number of vegetation fires recorded across the......

Lockheed Martin secures $1.2 billion contract for next-generation precision strike missiles

Lockheed Martin has secured a contract worth up to $1.2 billion from the U.S. Army to produce the second increment of its Precision Strike Missile, or PrSM, strengthening the company’s position in the Army’s long-range precision fires program. The indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity......

Indonesia struggles to contain major forest fires as smoke spreads across Borneo and Sumatra

Indonesia is struggling to contain extensive forest and land fires that have affected parts of Sumatra and Borneo for weeks, with authorities acknowledging that the scale and geography of the blazes are complicating efforts to bring them under control. Since August, the Indonesian government has mobilized......

Malaysia declares emergency in Borneo town as air pollution reaches hazardous levels

Malaysia has declared an emergency in the town of Serian in Sarawak after air pollution reached extremely dangerous levels, with smoke from major fires in neighboring Indonesia affecting parts of the Malaysian state. Malaysia’s Department of Environment reported that the air pollution index in......

Indonesia: Fires devastated nearly 95,000 hectares in July

Indonesia is facing a rapid escalation of forest and land fires. Nearly 95,000 hectares were affected in July alone, almost as much as in the first six months of the year. Authorities fear a further intensification of the phenomenon as the El Niño episode could extend until early 2027. A particularly......

Portugal records more than 139,000 hectares burned by wildfires since the start of 2026

Portugal is facing one of its most severe wildfire seasons in recent years, with more than 139,000 hectares of land destroyed by fires since the beginning of 2026, according to provisional data from the Portuguese Institute for Nature Conservation and Forests. The latest figures show that 139,091 hectares......

Greece wildfires: Two dead as flames sweep across Salamina island

Two people have died and several others have been injured after fast-moving wildfires swept across Greece’s Salamina island on Sunday, forcing evacuations and damaging homes during one of the busiest holiday periods of the summer. The fires broke out as Greece faced heightened wildfire danger......

Spain wildfires threaten ancient monastery housing remains of Aragon’s first kings

A historic monastery in northeastern Spain is under threat from wildfires as flames spread through forests in Aragon, prompting authorities to evacuate the remains of some of the medieval kingdom’s earliest rulers. The San Juan de la Peña monastery complex, located in the province of Huesca,......