Hiking trails on Italy's Mount Vesuvius have been closed to the public as firefighters battle a massive blaze that erupted ...

A repost from 2016, written by Henrik and part of our series on volcanoes of the American west. There is enough there to make any nation proud! This follows on from the post on Mount Shasta and on ...

Around 190 firefighters and the army tackled a wildfire on Mount Vesuvius that forced the closure of the national park to ...

A young boy died of heatstroke in Italy while wildfires threatened a UNESCO site in Spain and French cities saw record ...

Firefighters continued to battle wildfires on the slopes of Mount Vesuvius, near Naples, in southern Italy, on Monday.

This Sunday has been devastating for countries in southern Europe facing violent fires. Massive resources - including ...

Wildfires on Mount Vesuvius force closure of hiking trails as firefighters battle flames threatening forests and local ...

Italian firefighters and the army on Sunday tackled a wildfire on the flanks of Mount Vesuvius​, with all hiking routes up ...

Italian firefighters and the army on Sunday tackled a wildfire on the flanks of Mount Vesuvius, with all hiking routes up the ...

Mount Vesuvius, classified as an active volcano, is fertile ground for wine, tomatoes and other crops damaged by the fires.

Nearly 2,000 years ago, Pliny the Younger described the ground shaking as Mount Vesuvius exploded in fury. That eruption devastated Pompeii.