The Baltimore City Fire Union said in a statement on behalf of Dranbauer's family that his injuries are "too catastrophic to sustain life."

It could be another dangerously smoky summer for some in the United States as Canada prepares for a busy wildfire season with forecasts also signaling extreme heat is in store for both countries in the coming months.

Around 3:20 p.m., Miami-Dade Fire Rescue said it was battling the fire near Southwest 127 Avenue and Southwest 128 Street, near the Miami Executive Airport. Fire rescue has more than 20 fire crews in the area.

A lawsuit filed by the mother and estates of two Flint children against the city, the Flint Fire Department, and two former city firefighters can continue in Genesee Circuit Court, the Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled.

Amtrak service in and out of Baltimore has been restored on one track as firefighters continue to fight a fire at a nearby vacant mattress warehouse, authorities said.

Amtrak service was temporarily disrupted overnight as crews battled a fire at an empty mattress warehouse in West Baltimore.

Three major wildfires raging out of control in the same Minnesota county have burned more than 20,000 acres combined.

Chinese robotaxi operator Pony.ai said on Wednesday that one of its cars caught fire while being handled by service staff after a system malfunction, but that no passengers were onboard.

A high street has been closed by police after an outbuilding caught on fire. Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service was called to Mildenhall High Street at 06:33 BST on Wednesday after a fire was found in an outbuilding connected to a residential property.

At least 9 million people in the nation's upper Midwest region are under red flag warnings on Monday, including residents of Minnesota, where a wildfire was already burning out of control in the largest national forest east of the Mississippi River.