Firefighters try to put out a forest fire near Bogota as Colombia appeals for international help to fight dozens of forest fires that are scorching large areas of the country and blanketing the capital with a plume of smoke.

A fire broke out Tuesday night at a refuse collection depot in eastern Croatia.

Following the landfall of super Typhoon Saola in south China, the firefighters have been striving to clear flooded roads and evacuate stranded residents to safety.

At least 26 people died and dozens of others were injured in forest fires that ravaged 14 districts of northern Algeria.

Spanish firefighters and emergency units continue to battle an out-of-control wildfire in the north-west of Valencia.

Firefighters battle a blaze fanned by strong winds as a huge forest fire burns out of control in southeastern Spain.

A massive explosion has ripped through a fireworks warehouse in a shopping mall in the Armenian capital of Yerevan, killing two people and injuring 60 others.