Heavy rainfall, strong winds and fires have damaged roads and structures in the province

A tech solution to fires in informal settlements comes with insurance that pays out the victims of these blazes

The years-long battle against the EnviroServ waste site at Shongweni has taken a new turn

Athandiwe Saba continues her reporting with a story about the people of Standerton who have taken it on themselves to fix things

Exhausted firefighters said they had finally brought Australia’s largest “megablaze” under control Monday, as wet weather promised to deliver much-needed respite for countryside…

The Outeniqua fire remains active in Waboomskraal, on the slopes of the Outeniqua Mountain above Witfontein Plantation, as well as in Karatara

The timing of the recall, which was issued last month, is already the subject of a government probe

The fire is believed to have started while maintenance work was being carried out on an air cooler.

Kouga Municipality said the fire, which had burned down more than 100 houses in St Francis Bay, is now under control.

Captain Johannes Ramphora on Monday described the scene of a deadly fire that killed 12 people at the Struisbult Care Centre in Springs as "terrible".

An overnight veld fire on the slopes of Signal Hill above Cape Town has been contained, the city’s Fire and Rescue Services said on Friday.

A fire broke out at a prison in the Chilean capital early on Wednesday, killing 81 inmates and injuring many more.

Investigators on Thursday sifted through burned-out remains of the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court’s third floor to determine what had caused a fire.

A blaze that ripped through the third floor of the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday brought the wheels of justice to a halt.

Firefighters were battling a fire at the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday afternoon.

Four more people have died as a result of a fire at a Nigel retirement home, raising the death toll to 22, the Gauteng health department said.

Forensic experts on Tuesday combed through a burnt-down retirement home looking for clues as to what started a blaze that killed 18 people.

Eighteen elderly people were killed and several others injured when a fire broke out at an old age home in Nigel, paramedics said on Monday.

Thousands of people made homeless after a spectacular fire ripped through a slum in Manila queued for food on Monday.

Russia observed a national day of mourning on Monday for the 112 victims of a weekend nightclub blaze.