Taiwan's president Tsai Ing-wen pays respect to the 46 people who died in a building inferno this week, and visits the survivors in hospital.
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A number of leads are being pursued into the cause of a fire in a rundown building in Taiwan's port city of Kaohsiung in which 46 people died.
Huizong Wu
Some 1500 car and truck tyres have caught alight in a gully of the Mount Lyell mine at Queenstown on Tasmania's west coast.
Ethan James
A building fire in southern Taiwan has killed 14 people and injured 51.
A dedicated emergency recovery body will be created to help Victorian communities get back on their feet after catastrophes like the black summer bushfires.
Callum Godde
Prescribed burning in the jarrah forests while trees are in bud or flower means many beekeepers will lose significant income from premium honey, and the State will lose export markets.
Jenne Brammer
Firefighters have contained a blaze that broke out at a fuel storage tank in southern Lebanon.
California wildfires may have killed hundreds of giant sequoias in groves of the majestic monarchs in the Sierra Nevada.
Robert Jablon
The man accused of starting the Wooroloo bushfire that destroyed 86 homes has indicated he will make a bid for bail.
Shannon Hampton
Many houses and businesses have become engulfed in flames on the Honduran island of Guanaja during a large fire, with multiple injuries reported.
A fire at a hospital in Romania's port city of Constanta has killed seven people, with President Klaus Iohannis saying he is appalled by the tragedy.
Luiza Ilie
Emergency WA says a bushfire burning near Broome in the state's northwest is a threat to lives and homes.
Tim Dornin
Lower temperatures have helped suppress the wildfire that's threatened a grove of ancient sequoias in California, including the gigantic General Sherman.
The world's largest tree is wrapped in a fire-resistant blanket as crews try to protect a grove of giant sequoias from Californias raging wildfires.
US President Joe Biden will survey the damage from recent wildfires in California after approving a disaster declaration for the state.
Kanishka Singh
Around 2000 residents have now been evacuated and soldiers are being deployed against a major wildfire burning for a fourth day in Spain's southeast.
Greenpeace says it estimates, based on satellite data, that more than 17.6 million hectares have burned in wildfires in Russia this year.
A firefighter has lost his life and nearly 1000 people have been forced to evacuate as a wildfire rips through southern Spain.
A deadly fire in an overcrowded Java jail has prompted authorities to consider whether more inmates could receive rehabilitation for drug-related offences.
Agustinus Beo Da Costa
Thunderstorms with dry lightning could make things harder for firefighters battling blazes in California's interior.
A blaze at a COVID-19 hospital in North Macedonia has killed at least 10 people and injured many more.
Officials say 41 people have been killed and dozens injured after a fire broke out at a prison in Indonesia's Banten province.
Gayatri Suroyo
The Lake Tahoe fire continues to threaten homes as the blaze creeps towards the Nevada state line abetted by gusty winds and bone-dry conditions.
Sam Metz, Janie Har and John Antczak
Califrornia fire crews are bracing for strong winds as they battle a fierce blaze that forced the evacuation of a resort city on Lake Tahoe.
Sam Metz and Janie Har
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