A fire that broke out at a Venezuelan oil refinery was apparently caused by a lightning strike, the country's top oil official said Thursday. Oil Mini...

Mexican President Felipe Calderon says emergency workers' quick reaction to a pipeline fire that killed 26 workers prevented a real catastrophe, by co...

Fires at two clothing factories in Pakistan left 283 people dead many trapped behind locked doors and barred windows tragedies that highlight workplac...

Arson was suspected in a wildfire that forced the evacuation of 2,000 people just west of Madrid, while firefighters in Bosnia used military helicopte...

Fires were extinguished Tuesday at Venezuela's biggest oil refinery after raging for more than three days following a deadly explosion, officials said...

A huge explosion rocked Venezuela's biggest oil refinery and unleashed a ferocious fire Saturday, killing at least 39 people and injuring more than 80...

A major wildfire is burning out of control for a fourth day on the eastern Aegean island of Chios, ravaging forests and agricultural lands, including...

Nearly 5,000 people in Spain's Canary Islands have been evacuated as wildfires race through tinder-dry forests and fields, regional officials said. Th...

South Korea - Fire officials in the South Korean capital say a large blaze at a construction site near a 600-year-old palace has killed at least four...

As firefighters tried to contain two wildfires near an ammunition factory in southern Bosnia on Thursday, one of the blazes began setting off explosio...