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Indonesia has approved foreign help to fight wildfires causing severe haze across Southeast Asia, while Singapore investigates responsible companies and records its worst air pollution in years.
Wildfire map today: Algeria battles dozens of active fires after 12 deaths prompt national mourning; Indonesia distributes millions of masks and oxygen to 5.4 million people affected by forest fires.
Wildfire map today shows active blazes in Algeria with 12 fatalities, high risk across Greece including Crete at maximum alert, and new starch-based suppressants under test in Indonesia's South Kalimantan.
At least 12 people have been killed and dozens injured by wildfires across northern Algeria amid extreme heat, while Indonesia has deployed 1,000 extra forest rangers to strengthen prevention and response in Kalimantan.
A global update on active wildfires drawing from reports in Algeria, Indonesia, Cyprus and Greece, covering containment efforts, technology use, wildlife protection and seasonal impacts from natural disasters.
Breaking: Wildfires prompt evacuations in rural Texas, major firefighting operations in Greece, and mask advisories plus a two-week containment target from Indonesia’s president as El Niño dries the region.
Wildfires prompt mass evacuations near Reno, Nevada, while Indonesia mobilises foreign aircraft and Malaysia prepares cloud seeding as haze spreads across Southeast Asia.
Indonesian authorities name 72 suspects in forest and land fire cases while building preventive water infrastructure and distributing masks in South Kalimantan; separate wildfire burns in New Zealand’s Canterbury region.
Summer 2026 wildfires have scorched protected lands in Indonesia and France, reopened Fontainebleau to visitors under restrictions, triggered corporate probes in Kalimantan, and uncovered dangerous unexploded munitions across Western Europe.
Wildfires rage across Indonesia, Belgium and Greece in August 2026, pushing air quality to hazardous levels in Central Kalimantan, bringing a major Belgian blaze under control and prompting new protection systems at ancient Greek sites.
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