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Indian Air Force's Mi-17 helicopter has been deployed to extinguishing the wildfires.
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Fierce forest fires in Central Chile have claimed the lives of 112 people, with hundreds still missing
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Wildfires are not uncommon in Chile over summer months. Last year, on the back of a record heat wave, some 27 people died and more than 990,000 acres were affected.
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Greece Forest Fire: The forests of Greece are turning into shoals. The fire has increased so much that it is now spreading in residential areas. Know what is the current situation in this report.
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Because of a lack of resources, the fire cannot be contained, and local residents claim that the government is unaware of the raging inferno in Tehri, reported by news agency ANI.
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The National Interagency Fire Centre reports that 3,496 square kilometres of land have been burned this year, outpacing the 10-year average by 30%.
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Twenty wildfires continue to rage across New Mexico, as Governor Lujan Grisham declares an emergency
In northern New Mexico, a wind-driven wildfire that started on April 17 scorched 209 square kilometres of land
A wildfire in Flagstaff, Arizona, has prompted the evacuation of several people
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The flames turned severe around 9 am
A team of forest personnel was working on dousing the flames
Four members of the team were injured during the operations
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Chilean authorities have declared a red alert in the Tiltil commune in the Santiago Metropolitan Region and evacuated residents due to a forest fire that started on Wednesday.
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The fire continues to rage and spread in forests of Uttarakhand with multiple fires reported from the Tehri forest area. Watch this video to know more.
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Europe sizzled under a continent-wide heatwave on Wednesday, with London bracing for Britain`s hottest June day since 1976 as Portugal struggled to stamp out deadly forest fires.
The wildfires, which forced the evacuation on May 3 of about 100,000 residents of Fort McMurray and surrounding areas in Alberta province, remains out of control.
Authorities had expressed fear the fire could spread east to Saskatchewan province. But Notley said the worst fears from Saturday had not been realised, at least not yet.
Forest fires raging through large parts of Uttarakhand began showing signs of abating as two IAF choppers and over 10,000 personnel continued firefighting operations for the second day on Monday.
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The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) confirmed that of the 427 locations, fire in 70 percent of the areas were out.
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Three Mi 17 choppers of the IAF on Sunday dumped loads of water on forest fires raging for days in Nainital and Pauri districts in Uttarakhand.
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Raging forest fires have destroyed vast swathes of forested land across Uttarakhand.
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Majority of fire incidents are reported from the pine forests during summers every year when pine trees shed their dry needles, which are highly inflammable, the report added.
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