LATAKIA, Syria (AP) — Some of Syria’s worst wildfires in years have been brought under control as of Sunday, according to the Civil Defense and the Ministry of Emergency and Disaster Management, following days of grueling firefighting in the forested countryside of the coastal Latakia province.

Thousands of animals found themselves in local shelters and rescues after the Eaton and Palisades fires. Many still hope for a forever home. But finding one is not always easy in a region where

The amount of land burned this year is on pace to be the most since 1994, as 100 blazes roared on Friday across the central Canadian province.

The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy issued southeast Michigan's sixth air quality advisory of the season on Saturday due to elevated levels of fine particulate matter in the air from Canadian wildfires.

After the prescribed burn escaped its perimeter, it was dubbed the Hermit’s Peak Fire. Then it merged with the Calf Canyon Fire, a “sleeper” fire from January pile burns, in the hills above Las Vegas, New Mexico. (This is rare: Prescribed burns evade control and turn into wildfires only about 1 percent of the time, according to the Forest Service.)

Hundreds of fires have been quickly contained thanks to early-season support, but officials warn demand could grow soon for crews and equipment.

A haze visible in parts of the Sacramento Valley is from multiple wildfires burning in Northern California. A north wind is pushing the smoke to the valley, and a high-pressure system is locking it in with little wind.

Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder found that wildfires in Colorado and throughout the western United States can dramatically alter the water quality of rivers and streams up to