11 Places Around The World That Are On Fire
Wildfires are raging around the world. Here are just a few of the countries that have been affected.
Wildfires are raging around the world. Here are just a few of the places around the world that have been affected.
1. Greece
Thousands of people have been forced to evacuate across Greece as wildfires continued to ravage across the country for a sixth day on Monday Aug. 9.
2. Canada
A helicopter prepares to make a water drop as smoke billows along the Fraser River Valley near Lytton, British Columbia, Canada, on Friday, July 2, 2021.
3. Morocco
A picture taken late on August 15, 2021 shows burning forests in the region of Chefchaouen in northern Morocco.
4. Italy
A man tries to douse fire at Aspromonte National Park. Wildfires have been ravaging forests of Aspromonte National Park in Calabria for more than a week.
5. Spain
Firefighters operate at the site of a wildfire between Navalacruz and Riofrio near Avila, central Spain, on August 16, 2021.
6. France
Flames rise as light from the setting sun is filtered through smoke during a forest wildfire, near Gonfaron, in the department of Var, southern France, on August 17, 2021.
7. Siberia
Extinguishing works continue for the wildfire in the village of Kuel in Yakutia, Sakha, Russia on August 08, 2021.
8. Algeria
Wildfires raging across Algeria have killed at least 65 people, including 28 soldiers who died while trying to save civilians.
9. Tunisia
The wildfire continues with the effect of the wind in Firnanah region of Jendouba province of Tunisia on August 13, 2021.
10. California
Firefighters spray water on trees as they burn along Highway 395 during the Dixie Fire in the early morning of August 17, 2021 near Janesville, California.
11. Turkey
Turkey experienced both floods and wildfires at the same time: fatal floods hit the country’s north only a few days after some of Turkey’s worst wildfires ravaged the south.