Fires

France, Spain and Greece battle wildfires as Europe swelters

Emergency crews have faced barely a pause between heatwaves and fire fronts this summer across an increasingly tinder-dry Europe.

One taken to hospital after car catches fire in Yishun condo

The fire involved a car in the basement carpark of Orchid Park condominium in Yishun.

Fire crews keep blazes near Bordeaux under control as heatwave picks up

A plane drops water on a fire near Ares, during wildfires in the area of southwestern France, Tuesday, July 28, 2026. Baz Ratner/Pool via REUTERS

France has seen its first ‘fire-cloud’. What is it?

Smoke rises from a wildfire in Le Grand Crohot amid drought conditions following a heatwave and water shortages across much of France.

Elderly man dies after fire at Circuit Road HDB flat

Firefighters had to forcibly enter the unit to extinguish the fire, which involved items in the living room.

Disappointment and fear as tens of thousands of people evacuate French wildfires

A woman looks at her phone at the Bordeaux-Lac Exhibition Centre, which has been turned into a shelter for people displaced by a wildfire burning nearby amid worsening drought conditions following a heatwave and water shortages across much of France, in Bordeaux, France, July 25, 2026. REUTERS/Manon Cruz

‘A catastrophe’: Over a quarter of a million people flee unchecked wildfires raging in Spain, France

A firefighting crew battling a wildfire spreading in Lege-Cap-Ferret, south-western France, on July 24.

Wildfires force evacuations outside Bordeaux as Spanish blazes cause first death

A man rests at the Bordeaux-Lac Exhibition Centre, which has been turned into a shelter for people displaced by a wildfire burning nearby amid worsening drought conditions following a heatwave and water shortages across much of France, in Bordeaux, France, July 25, 2026. REUTERS/Manon Cruz

High winds could make fighting Spanish wildfires harder, officials say

Cars queue on the M-501 highway as police blocks access due to wildfires affecting the area, in Madrid, Spain, July 25, 2026. REUTERS/Ana Beltran

‘You couldn’t breathe’: 166,000 evacuated as wildfires spin out of control in France and Spain

French firefighters helping with the evacuation of tourists and residents from the villages of France’s Cap-Ferret peninsula, in south-western France, on July 24.

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