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NEW DELHI, Feb 6, 2024 (AFP) – At least eight people died and 80 were injured Tuesday in a giant explosion at a firework factory in India that saw balls of flames soar into the sky, officials said. Footage on Indian television showed a tower of flame after the explosion at the firecracker plant, with dozens of ambulances sent and army helicopters called in to evacuate the wounded. Senior district police official Rajeshwari Mahobia told […]
By Dylan GAMBA, Ammu KANNAMPILLY NAIROBI, Feb 2, 2024 (AFP) – A truck laden with gas canisters exploded in a densely populated area of the Kenyan capital, setting off a huge blaze that killed three people and injured 280, the government said Friday. The blast ignited a huge ball of fire in a residential area in the southeast of Nairobi, ravaging many properties and vehicles and sending local residents running for their lives. Firefighters managed […]
BANGKOK, Jan 17, 2024 (AFP) – Twenty-three people have died after an explosion at a fireworks factory in central Thailand on Wednesday, the provincial governor said. Images shared by the local rescue service showed metal debris littered on the ground, and a huge plume of black smoke. The blast occurred at around 3:00 pm (0800 GMT) near Sala Khao township, in central Suphan Buri province. “We received reports from EOD team that there were 23 […]
JAKARTA, Dec 26, 2023 (AFP) – The death toll after an explosion at a Chinese-funded nickel-processing plant in eastern Indonesia over the weekend has risen to 18 with dozens still being treated in hospital, a police official said Tuesday. The island of Sulawesi is a hub for the mineral-rich country’s production of nickel, a base metal used for electric vehicle batteries and stainless steel, and Beijing’s growing investment has stoked unrest over working conditions at […]
MAHE ISLAND, Seychelles, Dec 7, 2023 (AFP) – A huge blast at an explosives depot in Seychelles on Thursday injured 66 people and brought down buildings, prompting the country’s “shocked” president to declare a state of emergency. The archipelago — famous for its idyllic white beaches and high-end tourism — is also grappling with flooding and landslides due to heavy rainfall which have claimed two lives, President Wavel Ramkalawan said, ordering citizens to stay at […]
By Usman Khan NIAGARA FALLS, Canada, Nov 23, 2023 (AFP) – A car erupted into a fireball at a US-Canada checkpoint near Niagara Falls on Wednesday, killing the two occupants, triggering border closures and sparking a massive security alert on the eve of a major holiday. The regional FBI field office concluded the blast, which occurred around 400 miles (640 kilometers) northwest of New York City, was not linked to terrorism. Witnesses described seeing a […]
By Frankie TAGGART WASHINGTON, Oct 19, 2023 (AFP) – The US intelligence community has estimated there were likely 100 to 300 people killed in the strike at the Ahli Arab hospital in Gaza, according to excerpts of a document seen Thursday by AFP — far fewer than the nearly 500 deaths that health authorities in the Hamas-ruled enclave originally described. An unclassified US intelligence assessment, provided to AFP by a Capitol Hill source, estimates the […]
WASHINGTON, Oct 17, 2023 (AFP) – Joe Biden’s Middle East diplomatic drive faltered before it got off the ground Tuesday after his trip to Jordan was canceled following a strike on a Gaza hospital that killed hundreds of people. The 80-year-old US president will now only head to ally Israel to show support after the October 7 Hamas attack, upending what was meant to be regional balancing act. The trip was always set to be […]
COTONOU, Sept 23, 2023 (AFP) – At least 34 people died in Benin near Nigeria’s border on Saturday when a contraband fuel depot exploded into flames, sending up a black cloud of smoke into the sky and leaving dozens of charred bodies at the site, a government official and residents said. The blaze erupted at a warehouse for smuggled fuel in the southern Benin town of Seme Podji, where cars, motorbikes and tricycle taxis came […]
MOSCOW, Aug 14, 2023 (AFP) – At least 12 people were killed and dozens injured Monday in an explosion and fire at a filling station in Russia’s Caucasus republic of Dagestan, the emergency situations ministry said. “More than 60 people were injured in the fire in Makhachkala, and 12 of them died,” the ministry wrote on Telegram. Makhachkala, located on the Caspian Sea, is the capital of Dagestan. According to a witness quoted on Telegram […]
BANGKOK, July 30, 2023 (AFP) – The death toll from a powerful explosion that levelled an unlicensed fireworks warehouse in southern Thailand rose to at least 10 on Sunday, the local governor said as police sought the owner on charges of negligence. The blast Saturday afternoon in the town of Sungai Kolok was believed to have been caused by welding during construction work on a building storing fireworks illegally. More than 100 people were injured […]
BRASÍLIA, Brazil (AFP) — Eight people were killed and 11 injured in a series of silo explosions at the site of an agricultural cooperative in Brazil’s southern Parana state, authorities said Thursday. The blasts Wednesday on the premises of the C. Vale agro-industrial company in the municipality of Palotina also left a “last victim” still “under corn and debris from the explosion,” state firefighting officials said in a statement Thursday night. “Firefighting teams are propping […]
