Aftermath of powerful and deadly explosion at a Tehran clinic

Firefighters rush to tackle blaze at London Zoo.

Firefighters in 1920s and 1930s Paris conduct drills at Notre-Dame.

Fire departments are struggling to find new recruits — crucial for a country where 95% of the firefighters are volunteers. Without them, Germany could see more out-of-control wildfires, like elsewhere in Europe.

"Our obligation as authorities is to join the firefighters in their work," says President Evo Morales as he helps combat wildfires during a flyover with members of the press over Bolivia's Tucavaca reserve.

Emergency units are trying to contain fires in radiation-contaminated forest near the abandoned Chernobyl nuclear plant. The fires have caused a spike in radioactivity in the area.

Thousands of truck drivers are likely to spend Christmas Day inside their cabs while stranded in Dover. France wants them to get tested for coronavirus before crossing the English Channel.

Firefighters battle a blaze that has destroyed at least 71 homes near Australia's fourth-biggest city of Perth, as authorities told residents to ignore a virus lockdown and evacuate threatened areas.

Firefighters are battling to put out fire at Ogere on Lagos-Ibadan expressway.

Fires have devastated towns in British Columbia, with the military on standby to respond to the threat.

Emergency services fight flames after an explosion sparked a fire at a plastics factory on the outskirts of Bangkok, killing at least one firefighter and wounding 29 people, according to officials.

Wildfires blazed through California, Arizona, and Oregon, fueled by winds and a lack of humidity. Two firefighters lost their lives during an aircraft rescue operation in Mohave County.

Crews from the Truckee Meadows Fire & Rescue use bulldozers to construct firelines to help stop the spread of an "aggressive" fire near Reno, Nevada. A combination of two blazes sparked by lightning near the California-Nevada border last week, the Beckwourth Complex fire has rapidly grown to some 90,000 acres. It is reportedly California’s largest fire so far this year and has prompted evacuations in both states.