wildfires

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  • Wildfires sweeping hills near Jerusalem al-Quds 2025-04-30 21:49

    Massive wildfires near Jerusalem al-Quds

    Dark plumes of smoke billowed above highways near Jerusalem al-Quds on Wednesday as rapidly spreading wildfires caused several injuries and prompted military minister Israel Katz to declare the situation a "national emergency".

  • LA fires 2025-01-12 22:26

    By Shahrokh Saei 

    From fires to firepower: LA burns as US fuels overseas conflicts 

    TEHRAN- The outgoing administration of President Joe Biden is facing significant criticism for prioritizing military expenditures overseas while neglecting pressing domestic issues, particularly in light of its inadequate response to the devastating wildfires in Southern California.  

  • LA fires 2025-01-11 22:40

    Los Angeles inferno switches direction, anger rises over fire response

    The largest of the raging wildfires that have devastated parts of Los Angeles was reported to have shifted direction on Saturday, triggering more evacuation orders and posing a new challenge to exhausted firefighters.

  • Iran announces readiness to help victims of LA wildfires 2025-01-11 15:12

    Iran announces readiness to help victims of LA wildfires

    TEHRAN –The head of the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS), Pirhossein Kolivand, has announced the country’s readiness to dispatch humanitarian aid to assist the people affected by the wildfires in Los Angeles.

  • Combating wildfires necessitates stricter laws 2025-01-07 16:34

    Combating wildfires necessitates stricter laws

    TEHRAN – Wildfires in forests and pastures have increased by 27 percent in terms of frequency, and 299 percent in terms of affected areas from the beginning of the current Iranian year (March 20, 2024) till June 21, 2024, compared to the same period in the year before.

  • Chile 2024-02-05 19:20

    Chile forest fires claim over 100 lives 

    More than 100 people have been killed by forest fires in Chile's Valparaíso region, local authorities have said.

  • Wildfires in forests down by 2% in month yr/yr 2023-04-24 16:26

    Wildfires in forests down by 2% in month yr/yr

    TEHRAN – Wildfires in forests across the country have decreased by two percent in the first month of the current Iranian calendar year (started on March 21) compared to the year before.

  • Over $600,000 allocated to contain wildfire 2022-09-28 19:10

    Over $600,000 allocated to contain wildfire

    TEHRAN –A total budget of 170 billion rials (nearly $607,000) has been allocated to curb wildfire which has increased significantly in protected areas in the current Iranian calendar year, compared to previous years.

  • Khatibzadeh 2022-06-07 21:30

    Iran offers condolences over deadly Bangladesh inferno

    TEHRAN- The spokesman for Iran's Foreign Ministry, Saeed Khatibzadeh, conveyed condolences to the Bangladeshi government and people following a large fire at a container depot in a port city in southern Bangladesh, which claimed the lives of at least 49 people and wounded 100 others.

  • Wildfire burns 100,000 ha of forests, rangelands in 5 years 2022-03-11 19:31

    Wildfire burns 100,000 ha of forests, rangelands in 5 years

    TEHRAN – Over 100,000 hectares of forests and rangelands have been burned by wildfire during the past five years, Mohammad Hassan Nami, head of the Disaster Management Organization, has said.