More than 2,100 firefighters were again struggling to contain the vast Bootleg Fire raging in southern Oregon, near the border with California.

Hand crews backed by water-dropping helicopters struggled on Thursday to suppress a huge wildfire that displaced roughly 2,000 residents in southern Oregon, the largest among dozens of blazes raging across the drought-stricken US West.

Wildfires burnt over 300,000 acres across six states across the western United States on Sunday amid a scorching summer heat wave that blankets millions of residents.

Iran has called on the United States to apologize for the downing of its airliner over the Persian Gulf 33 years ago.

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Smoke from a wildfire on South Africa's Table Mountain turned the sky over Cape Town's City Bowl suburbs orange on Monday (April 19) as strong winds fanned the blaze.

Drone footage filmed on Monday (September 28) showed the extent of damage done by wildfires that have engulfed northern California.

A wildfire burning in mountains northeast of Los Angeles prompted authorities to issue new evacuation orders Saturday for desert communities.

Officials in West Coast states where record fires have killed 35 people accused President Trump on Sunday of being in denial about climate change.

The remains of at least seven victims were recovered from the relentless wildfires in Butte County, California.