Carelessness, lack of prompt action behind regular forest fires in Purulia

The regular forest fires have become a threat to the ecological system and environment

Simply Put: Sariska ablaze

Two arrested in Odisha’s Kandhamal for trying to set forest on fire

At least 16 have been arrested in Odisha since March 5 for the same crime 

Brigid’s Day: how a festival of fire and fertility connects Christian Ireland with its pagan past

The beliefs and lore around both Brigit the goddess and Brigid the saint are almost identical and it is generally accepted that one developed …

IN PHOTOS: After Ghazipur, Bhalswa in Delhi is alight

Scientists say the formation of extremely flammable methane in the landfill, coupled with high temperatures could have started the fire

As Amazon burns BlackRock emerges as world’s largest investor in deforestation

The world’s largest institutional investor with US $6.5 trillion in assets is a global leader in financing forest destruction, new report says

Mumbai oil refinery fire brings back focus on spurt in such incidents

Refineries of Bharat Petroleum and Indian Oil have seen a string of fire incidents in the past two years

Forests are on fire, a little more every day

As many as 35,888 forest fires took place in 2017, which is the highest in the last 14 years

Uttarakhand: 4 arrested for starting fires, policeman dies fighting flames

More than 2,900 hectares of forest have been razed in last three months, and the fires have killed at least four people so far

A family in Nagaland is on a mission to conserve the state flower, rhododendron

Kelühol Tase and his brothers opened a rhododendron park last year to conserve the flower impacted by wild forest fires and continuous human …

How plastics caused fire & affected air, water, soil, life in Brahmapuram

Waste-to-energy plants are not the solution

Biennial Forest Survey Report: What does State of India’s Forest 2021 tell us

Simply Put: Food and fire

Forest, forest, burning bright

It’s time Indian policy makers had a nuanced understanding of forest fires

MALAYSIA

Forest fire destroys park

Fire tragedy

A fire forces the Delhi government to order re-location of godowns storing chemicals

Third dumpsite fire in a month points to systemic failure of waste management in Delhi

Recent fire at Bhalswa raging for 72 hours; previous two fires at Ghazipur led to spike in air pollution

Indonesia volcano eruption: Death toll rises to 34

Some 3,000 people have been displaced and 38 schools have been destroyed because of the eruption of Mt Sumeru in Indonesia

How to monitor the bushfires raging across Australia

A guide to help Australians and their overseas family and friends source useful information and monitor 

Apocalypse? Red skies over Indonesian province due to haze

Scientists have said that the colour is due to a scientific phenomenon known as Rayleigh scattering

400% rise in number of floods since 1980; droughts, forest fires doubled since then

In the past three decades years, all climatological, hydrological and meteorological events have increased manifold, says a study

'Exhibits at National Museum of Natural History destroyed in all probability'

A massive fire had broken out in the museum building on Monday night

In Photos: Second fire at Ghazipur landfill in a month

World's largest butterfly faces extinction due to Papua New Guinea’s palm oil industry

But a new conservation project brings hope for these rare and endangered butterflies