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by Matthew WALSH BEIJING, China (AFP) — At least three people died when an explosion caused a building to collapse Friday in the Chinese city of Chongqing, state media reported. The blast at 12:10pm (0410 GMT) was triggered by a suspected gas leak and brought down a neighbourhood committee building housing a canteen, trapping 27 people, state news agency Xinhua said. As of 6pm, 13 people had been pulled from the rubble, three of whom […]
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AFP) – Bangladesh police on Monday arrested the owner of an overcrowded ferry that caught fire and killed at least 39 people last week, after investigators blamed the toll on a disregard for safety. The blaze broke out in the middle of the night on Friday when many of the ferry’s 700 passengers were sleeping near the southern district of Barguna. Survivors relayed harrowing stories of having to jump into the Sugandha river from […]
by Shafiqul ALAM Agence France Presse DHAKA, Bangladesh (AFP) — At least 37 people died when an overcrowded night ferry caught fire in Bangladesh on Friday, police said, as terrified passengers leaped overboard to escape the blaze. The latest maritime tragedy to hit the impoverished low-lying nation happened in the early hours in a river near Jhalokathi, 250 kilometres (160 miles) south of Dhaka. “We have recovered 37 bodies. The death toll may rise. […]
by Shafiqul ALAM DHAKA, Bangladesh (AFP) — At least 32 people died when a packed ferry caught fire in southern Bangladesh on Friday, police said, in the latest maritime tragedy to hit the impoverished low-lying nation. The incident happened early in the morning near the southern rural town of Jhalokathi, 250 kilometres (155 miles) south of the capital Dhaka. The vessel was carrying around 500 people. “The three-storey Obhijan 10 caught fire mid-river. We have […]
YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) — At least 70 people were missing and one confirmed dead on Wednesday following a landslide at a jade mine in northern Myanmar, a member of the rescue team told AFP. “About 70-100 people are missing in a landslide that happened around 4:00 am” at Hpakant mine in Kachin state, said rescue team member Ko Nyi. “We’ve sent 25 injured people to hospital while we’ve found one dead.” Around 200 rescuers were […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Twenty-seven people were feared dead after a blaze at a building in a commercial district of the Japanese city of Osaka on Friday, the local fire department said. TV footage showed dozens of firefighters working inside and outside the eight-storey building after the blaze was extinguished. The charred interior of the fourth floor of the narrow office building was visible through broken and blackened windows. The floor housed a clinic that […]
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) — The death toll from a boat accident off Malaysia rose to 18 Thursday after a search and rescue team found the bodies of seven more Indonesian migrants on the shore. The vessel, which was carrying about 50 Indonesians seeking to enter neighbouring Malaysia illegally, capsized Wednesday in stormy weather off the southern state of Johor. Soldiers on patrol found 11 victims on the shore in the hours after the […]
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) — The death toll from a boat accident off Malaysia rose to 16 Thursday after a search and rescue team found the bodies of five more Indonesian migrants on the shore. The vessel, which was carrying about 50 Indonesians seeking to enter neighboring Malaysia illegally, capsized Wednesday in stormy weather off the southern state of Johor. Soldiers on patrol found 11 bodies on the shore in the hours after the accident, […]
by Robenson Geffrard PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP) — At least 62 people were killed when a gas tanker truck exploded in the Haitian city of Cap-Haitien on Tuesday morning, a local official said, with overwhelmed medics saying the toll was set to rise. The blast is the latest disaster to hit the poverty-wracked Caribbean nation, riven by gang violence, political paralysis, and acute fuel shortages. “We have now counted 62 deaths,” Deputy Mayor Patrick Almonor said, […]
by Ella IDE ROME, Italy (AFP) — Rescuers were searching Monday for two missing people among the rubble of collapsed buildings on the Italian island of Sicily, after seven people including a pregnant nurse died in a suspected gas explosion. The blast tore through four residential buildings on Saturday evening in the southern town of Ravanusa, with one survivor describing it “as if a bomb had gone off”. Around 100 emergency workers have been picking […]
by Gabriela Coutino with Jean Arce in Mexico City Agence France Presse TUXTLA GUTIÉRREZ, Mexico (AFP) — At least 53 migrants crammed into a truck traveling at high speed were killed Thursday in Mexico after the vehicle overturned in the southern state of Chiapas, a major transit point for those trying to reach the United States. Thousands of people attempt the long and hugely dangerous journey, often seeking a life free of violence and […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — A woman in her sixties was found dead in a car that was stuck on rocks in a river just yards from Niagara Falls on the US-Canadian border on Wednesday, police said. The discovery of the car with a body inside it triggered a dramatic Coast Guard helicopter recovery of the woman’s remains, although the car remained in the rapids after the body was recovered. Police in the city […]
