Wildfires in Chile Damage Historic Heritage
Large-scale wildfires and other widespread emergencies are usually narrated in terms of hectares burned, people evacuated, houses destroyed and victims....
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New Zealand Heritage Wildfire
In early December 2025, a human-caused wildfire ignited within Tongariro National Park, a dual World Heritage landscape recognized for its...
Protecting Historic Buildings from Wildfires – Interventions on facades and roofs
Historic buildings can be exposed to risk by wildfires like any other building. In their case, though, vulnerability assessment should...
Portugal’s Historic Villages Under Siege by Wildfires
Wildfires are becoming an escalating threat to historic towns and villages in Portugal. Currently, several of these cherished settlements are...
Wildfires Threat to Cultural Heritage: The Case of Spain’s Camino de Santiago
Recent wildfires in Spain have highlighted the escalating threat posed by climate change not only to natural ecosystems but also...
Wildfire Risk to Cultural Heritage: Insights from Dragon Bravo Fire
The Dragon Bravo fire, which commenced on July 4th 2025 due to lightning within Grand Canyon National Park (Arizona, USA),...
Glen Rosa: Years of Conservation Destroyed by the Arran Wildfire
In early April 2025, the spectacular valley of Glen Rosa on the Isle of Arran, Scotland, was the scene of...
Wildfires burn Korean 7th-century temple
In March 2025, southeastern South Korea experienced a series of wildfires of unprecedented scale and destructiveness. Originating with over a...
Wildfire at Monte Grifone: a Case of Historic and Cultural Heritage Under Wildfire Threat
On 25 July 2023, a destructive wildfire swept down the slopes of Monte Grifone near Palermo, severely damaging the Church...
Wildfires Endanger UNESCO Alerces Park in Argentina
Since January 25th, a segment of Argentina's expansive Los Alerces National Park, named after the indigenous Fitzroya tree, also known...
Climate Change & Wildfires. A new Threat for Historical Towns
In August 2023, Maui, the Hawaiian island known for its landscapes, faced an unprecedented crisis, known as the Maui wildfires....
Wildfire Threats to Cultural Heritage: Insights from the STORM Project
Editor's Note (February 2026): This article, originally published in September 2017, remains highly relevant as wildfire threats to cultural heritage...
Rural Wooden Churches: Fire Risk, Isolation and Resilience
In July 2026, in Maramureș, Romania, a fire has almost entirely destroyed the 1675 wooden church of St Elijah at...
The Montenach Fire: A Case Study in WUI Risk for Cultural Heritage
The fire that destroyed the Saint‑Cyriaque church in Montenach (Moselle, near the French–Luxembourg border) on April 30, 2026 is a...
When Fire Strikes the Memory of Lesser-known Communities
Fires don't just erase homes and landscapes: they can destroy archives, symbolic places, and traces of local identity that will...
Why Cultural Heritage is Still Missing from Too Many Civil Protection Plans
Emergency and civil protection planning is undergoing a significant transformation. Public authorities and response agencies are increasingly supported by digital...
Buffer Zones: War vs. Wildland Fire Protection
The UNESCO-listed Golestan Palace sustained damage from airstrikes, which shattered precious mirrors. This occurred despite the target of the attacks...
Strikes Damage UNESCO Golestan Palace: Shockwave Impacts on Tehran’s Historic Jewel
The Golestan Palace in Tehran, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2013, suffered significant damage from shockwaves and debris caused...
Hidden Fires: The Unseen Cultural Heritage Losses in Latin America, Asia & Africa
Latin America, Asia, and Africa together hold over 60% of UNESCO World Heritage sites, yet fire damage reports from these...
Cultural and Historic Heritage Losses in the World: 2026 List
This page records a cultural heritage loss documented in 2024. The case is part of a broader, evolving archive that...
EU Funding for Cultural Heritage Safety Research: A Strategic Overview (2021–2026)
How European investment in fire risk, multi-hazard resilience, and emergency coordination is shaping heritage protection—and why it's still not enough....
STORM: an Horizon 2020 Research Project on Heritage and Environmental Changes
STORM (Safeguarding Cultural Heritage through Technical and Organisational Resources Management) represents one of the European Union's most ambitious efforts to...
