Tokyo, March 25 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government Tuesday decided ... including those for cutting down and transporting fire-ravaged trees and planting trees again in fire-swept areas.

Local media said the fire started while residents were burning trash. The fires came just weeks after extensive wildfires in the northern Japanese city of Ofunato left one person dead and damaged ...

Firefighters in California are facing a rare and dangerous phenomenon as wildfires create swirling fire tornadoes. The combination of high winds and severely dry conditions have created a ...

Following is the text of the video. This is a "firenado," or fire tornado. It formed out of wildfires in Arganil, Portugal. Firenados are swirling columns of fire, but they aren't really tornados.

Japan is fighting a forest fire that has damaged dozens of homes and forced hundreds of residents to evacuate in a northeastern coastal city. The fire has burned about 2,100 hectares (5,190 acres ...

Japan has deployed more than 2,000 firefighters to battle the country's biggest forest fire in three decades. At least one person has died in the blaze, which has torched more than 5,200 acres ...