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 ... in the capital city," Mayor Pabel ...

ADDS new quote from Quito mayor, arrest of suspected arsonist Firefighters battled five blazes on the outskirts of Ecuador's capital Quito ... is under attack," the city's security chief Carolina ...

Ecuador's worst drought in over 60 years ... for Tuesday were suspended for the coverage area of Electrica Quito, the capital city's electric utility, the company said on social media.

The mayor of Quito, the capital of Ecuador, warned that the city was facing a "critical" situation as clouds of ash and smoke from five simultaneous wildfires enveloped the region on Tuesday.

Firefighters battled five blazes on the outskirts of Ecuador's capital Quito on Wednesday ... and governments on edge. "Quito is under attack," the city's security chief Carolina Andrade told ...

"Quito is under attack," the city's security chief Carolina Andrade told reporters. Authorities in Ecuador believe that a fire that broke out Tuesday in the east of the city and swathed it in huge ...