Wildfire

VIDEO: Thousands trapped on beaches as wildfires rage through Australian city

TEHRAN, Dec. 31 (MNA) – Thousands of people fled to the lake and ocean in Mallacoota, Australia, as bushfires hit the Gippsland town on Tuesday. The out-of-control fire reached the town in the morning and about 4,000 people fled to the coastline.
2019-12-31 11:04
VIDEO: Fire still raging across Australia

TEHRAN, Dec. 24 (MNA) – Since September, Australia's bushfire emergency has killed at least nine people, destroyed hundreds of homes and scorched millions of hectares of land.
2019-12-24 11:00
VIDEO: Emergency declared as bushfires rage on near Sydney

TEHRAN, Dec. 19 (MNA) – Authorities in Australia on Thursday declared a seven-day state of emergency in New South Wales, the second in as many months, as a record heatwave fanned unprecedented bushfires raging across the region.
2019-12-19 19:02
VIDEO: California wildfire causes people to evacuate homes

TEHRAN, Nov. 01 (MNA) – A fresh spate of wildfires in the US state of California roared to life on Thursday, destroying homes and forcing evacuations, as the region faced a second day of explosively fierce Santa Ana winds that have fanned flames, displacing thousands of residents.
2019-11-01 14:08
VIDEO: stranded cars escape California fire

TEHRAN, Oct. 30 (MNA) – Cars stranded in traffic escaped a fire on the shoulder of northbound roads of California’s Natomas area on October 27
2019-10-30 17:48
VIDEO: Doorbell camera captures family’s escape from California wildfire

TEHRAN, Oct. 28 (MNA) – The video captured by a ring surveillance camera shows the moment when a family raced to pack up their belongings and escape the enormous wildfire in Canyon Country, California.
2019-10-28 11:17
VIDEO: Wildfire scorches California

TEHRAN, Oct. 26 (MNA) – About 50,000 people have been evacuated from their homes in California after wildfires sparked on Friday driven by powerful winds.
2019-10-26 15:34
VIDEO: Wildfires in S California

TEHRAN, Sep. 07 (MNA) – A fast-moving wildfire known as the 'Tenaja Fire' has charred 2,000 acres in Southern California and prompted mandatory evacuation orders.
2019-09-07 10:36
VIDEO: Aerial footage shows extent of wildfire in Amazon

TEHRAN, Aug. 26 (MNA) – Aerial images captured by Greenpeace show how fire continued to sweep across the Brazilian Amazon region over the weekend. Wildfires often occur in the dry season in Brazil, but satellite data published by Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (Inpe) has shown an increase of 85% this year. They say more than 75,000 have been recorded in Brazil so far in 2019, most of them in the Amazon region.
2019-08-26 20:50
By: Received

Brazil sends army to tackle blazes in Amazon forests

TEHRAN, Aug. 25 (MNA) – While widespread wildfires continue in the Amazon forests, Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro sent soldiers to help tackle blazes in the Amazon.
2019-08-25 16:09
VIDEO: Wildfire on Greek island of Evia

TEHRAN, Aug. 14 (MNA) – A major wildfire on the Greek island of Evia on Tuesday forced the evacuation of at least two villages and a monastery as smoke from the wind-fanned blaze blanketed the capital, Athens, further south.
2019-08-14 15:43
By: Received

Army copters rescue people trapped in oak forest fires in Fars province

TEHRAN, Jul. 23 (MNA) – On Tuesday, the Iranian Army helicopters were dispatched to help people caught in the fires which are burning the oak forests in Nurabad Mamasani County, in southwestern province of Fars.
2019-07-23 23:59
Persian leopard spotted in northern Iran

TEHRAN, Jul. 21 (MNA) – A Persian leopard has been spotted in the mountainous habitats of Tarom in Qazvin province, northern Iran.
2019-07-21 10:44
By: Mehdi Hossein Nezhadi

Wildefire in Astara

ASTARA, Jan. 16 (MAN) – Starting on Tuesday night, a wildfire is spreading across the Astara forests, Gilan province, northern Iran. Warm winds are fanning the wildfire making the efforts to contain the fire ineffective up to now. No injuries or victims have been reported.
2019-01-16 17:49
VIDEO: Wildfire sweeping through forests in Astara

TEHRAN, Jan. 16 (MNA) – Starting on Tuesday night, the wildfire is spreading in forests of Astara, Gilan province, northern Iran. Warm winds are fanning the wildfire and efforts of different organs and people who are trying to contain the fire have proved ineffective up to now. No injuries or victims have been reported.
2019-01-16 17:02
VIDEO: Aerial footage reveals aftermath of California's deadliest wildfire

TEHRAN, Nov. 17 (MNA) – California’s fatal wildfire has so far claimed 71 lives, destroying some 12,000 houses on its way. More than 1,000 individuals are missing after the incident while some 9,400 firefighters are putting all-out effort to extinguish the fire. (Source: The Guardian)
2018-11-17 15:02
VIDEO: California wildfire lashes along freeway

TEHRAN, Nov. 15 (MNA) – A wildfire, which lashed along a freeway in Simi Valley, southern California, on Monday, has climbed a hillside to the edge of the road as vehicles are driving past. The wildfire, which broke out last week, has become the deadliest in the modern history of California State as the death toll has raised to 56 while 200 people are still missing.
2018-11-15 10:57
Iran sympathizes with US over deadly California wildfires

TEHRAN, Nov. 15 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi has expressed deep regret over the devastating wildfires in the US state of California, which have killed dozens of people so far.
2018-11-15 09:39
VIDEO: Astonishing ‘fire devil’ in California wildfire

TEHRAN, Nov. 13 (MNA) – Here you can see the formation of an amazing ‘fire devil’ also known as ‘fire whirl’ or ‘firenado’ in California. Starting on Thursday, the wildfire has become the deadliest in the modern history of California State as the death toll has raised to 42 while 200 people are still missing.
2018-11-13 17:01
VIDEO: death toll rises to 25 in California wildfires

TEHRAN, Nov. 11 (MNA) – The charred remains of fourteen more victims have been found in and around the northern California town of Paradise, and two bodies were also discovered in Malibu amid the wildfire, raising the death toll to 25 by Sunday. (source: The Guardian)
2018-11-11 13:44
Domestically-designed heavy-duty firefighting aircraft unveiled + video

TEHRAN, Sep. 29 (MNA) – A modern and heavy-duty firefighting aircraft which is designed and created by engineers of Iran’s Defense Ministry was unveiled today in Isfahan.
2018-09-29 15:45
UN offers condolences on tragic deaths of Iranian environmentalists

TEHRAN, Aug. 28 (MNA) – UN Environment Executive Director and Under-Secretary of the United Nations Erik Solheim has offered condolences on the deaths of Iranian environmentalists who lost their lives in a forest fire in Marivan few days ago.
2018-08-28 20:05
Rouhani orders Foreign Ministry to follow-up Hour al-Azim wildfire case in Iraq

TEHRAN, Aug. 26 (MNA) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has sent a letter to Foreign Ministry, tasking the body to seriously follow the case of Hour al-Azim wildfire in Iraqi part of the wetland, said chief of Khuzestan provincial department of environment on Saturday.
2018-08-26 09:42
Forest fires kill, injure 10 people in Marivan

TEHRAN, Aug. 25 (MNA) – Forest fires have killed at least four people, injured several others near the western city of Marivan, Kurdistan province.
2018-08-25 21:14
Speaker Larijani offers condolences to Greek counterpart over wildfire tragedy

TEHRAN, Jul. 30 (MNA) – Iranian Parliament Speaker Larijani sent a letter to Nikos Voutsis, the President of the Hellenic Parliament, offering sympathies over the fire catastrophe in that country.
2018-07-30 19:58
Hour al-Azim on fire, again

TEHRAN, Jul. 30 (MNA) – Wildfire is once again sweeping through Hour al-Azim wetland and has drastically influenced the air quality of Khuzestan province in Iran.
2018-07-30 10:21
Hour al-Azim wildfire mostly contained: official

TEHRAN, Jul. 25 (MNA) – The 95 percent of wildfire in Iraqi part of Hour al-Azim wetland has been contained, said Kiamars Hajizadeh, director general of disaster management department of Khuzestan province.
2018-07-25 16:15
Iran sympathizes with Greece over deadly wildfires

TEHRAN, Jul. 25 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi has expressed deep regret over the deadly wildfires near the Greek capital of Athens, which have killed and wounded dozens of people.
2018-07-25 08:52
VIDEO: Wildfire claims 50 lives in Greece

TEHRAN, Jul. 24 (MNA) – Devastating wildfire is sweeping through pine forests and seaside towns on either sides of Greek capital Athens and surrounding regions which have claimed 50 lives till now. The blazes have created such thick smoke that the main highways between the Peloponnese and the Greek mainland have been shut down and an orange haze has descended on Athens. (Source: The Guardian)
2018-07-24 14:37
VIDEO: IRGC helicopters fight Hoor Al-Azim wildfire in Iraq

TEHRAN, Jul. 23 (MNA) – It’s some two weeks that wildfire has spread through Hoor Al-Azim wetland. This incident has caused air pollution and great discomfort for people of Khuzestan province in Southwestern Iran. Two thirds of this wetland in located in Iraq and wildfire is happening in this sector. Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) helicopters have been sent to Iraq to put out the fire.
2018-07-23 12:46