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Quito was enveloped in smoke as forest fires raged around the Ecuadorean capital on Tuesday. President Rafael Correa said he had contacted the Venezuelan authorities for help extinguishing 17 ...

Quito: Ecuador on Monday declared a national emergency due to water shortages, drought and forest fires that have razed more than 10,000 hectares in the south of the country so far this month.

Firefighters in Ecuador's capital were battling the remnants of major forest fires on Thursday that had sent massive plumes of smoke above Quito earlier this week, amid a record drought.

A fire broke out on the outskirts of the Ecuadorian capital, Quito on Tuesday, forcing authorities to make road closures as flames spread rapidly through the hills of Guapulo Park. (AP Video/Cesar ...

QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuador called on Latin American neighbors on Tuesday to help it battle forest fires that have forced families to flee some neighborhoods of the capital Quito and its outskirts.

reward for information leading to their capture. One of the biggest fires is burning in the hills of Auqui, north-east of Quito.