Forest Fires Damage Three Syrian Villages
236694
Forest fires destroyed most of three villages near the Syrian-Turkish border, officials said, forcing 3,000 people to evacuate as Syrian and Turkish firefighters extinguished the blazes on Wednesday.
633624
A fire raged through a building housing abused women and their families in Honduras Thursday, killing three adults and six children, officials said.
465243
A school in a remote Eskimo village caught fire Thursday and the blaze quickly grew out of control, engulfing several homes and buildings and forcing 250 people to flee.
559835
Two killed, 35 injured in chemical plant fire in southeastern Turkey    ANKARA, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- Two people were killed and 35 others injured in a chemical plant fire in southeastern Turkey, the semi- official Anatolia news agency reported on Friday.
473666
ZACHARO, Greece  - Forest fires raging in Greece have killed 41 people in two days and more were feared dead with some villages still trapped by flames on Saturday in what the government called a national tragedy.
497938
Three people are injured in a series of stabbings in a village in County Tyrone, according to police.
357769
LAKE ARROWHEAD, Calif. - Firefighters, worried about the possible return of hot, dry Santa Ana winds, fought three separate wildfires Wednesday that crept through national forests and toward towns.  No houses were immediately threatened, however.
584285
The worst forest fires to hit Greece in decades have killed 44 people and more are feared dead in villages cut off by the flames, authorities said on Saturday.
84654
A fire investigation continues into the flat blaze in which two young boys died in a village on Anglesey.
123353
Greece's first autumn rains on Sunday raised hopes of dousing forest fires that have killed 63 people while a grieving village buried a mother and her four children who perished in the flames.
17398
ATHENS, Aug. 24 -- Forest fires raced across southern Greece on Friday, sweeping into mountainous towns and villages and killing at least 17 people, two of them found locked in an embrace and others outside cars overtaken by the flames.
517182
A heat wave sweeping central and southeastern Europe killed at least 13 people this week, with soaring temperatures sparking forest fires, damaging crops and prompting calls to ban horse-drawn tourist carriages.
52369
A forest fire is contained near the French resort of St Tropez - but three firefighters die in a crash.
40151
Greek firefighters started to get to grips with countrywide forest fires on Wednesday after six devastating days, but warned that a coming heatwave could reignite the flames that have killed at least 63 people.
151839
ZACHARO, Greece  - Forest fires sweeping Greece have killed 41 people in two days and more are feared dead with some villages still trapped by flames on Saturday in what the government has called a national tragedy.
413378
Aircraft 'dropped ammunition' on country's north before retreating under Syrian fire, report says.
55260
Forest fires raced across southern Greece on Friday, sweeping into mountainous towns and villages and killing at least 17 people, two found locked in an embrace and others outside cars overtaken by the flames.