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Two Covid patients die in Romania’s latest hospital fire

BUCHAREST, Romania (AFP) -- A fire at a Romanian hospital killed two patients early Thursday, officials said, the fourth such…

At least 26 children die in Niger school fire

NIAMEY, Niger (AFP) -- At least 26 children aged between five and six burnt to death on Monday when their…

Climate change main cause of fires in US west: study

LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) -- Climate change caused overwhelmingly by human activity is the primary source of the unprecedented…

Burning cargo ship spews toxic gas off Canada’s Pacific coast

MONTREAL, Canada (AFP) -- The Canadian coast guard has evacuated 16 people from a burning container ship that is expelling…

UPDATED: 15 dead after fire at Russian explosives factory: authorities

MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- Fifteen people died as a result of a fire at a Russian explosives factory southeast of…

Fire breaks out in Kuwait’s largest oil refinery

KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait (AFP) -- A fire broke out Monday in Kuwait's largest oil refinery, causing several injuries but no…

Anguish and anger after Taiwan building blaze kills 46

KAOSHIUNG, Taiwan (AFP) -- Taiwanese residents voiced anguish and outrage on Friday after 46 people perished in an inferno that…

Taiwan building inferno kills 46, dozens injured

  TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) -- An overnight fire tore through a building in the southern Taiwanese city of Kaohsiung on…

California’s Alisal Fire burns more than 13,000 acres

LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) -- California firefighters scrambled overnight Wednesday to battle a fast-moving blaze that has scorched more…

Lebanon firefighters quell huge fuel tank fire

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) -- Firefighters in Lebanon put out a huge blaze that raged at a key fuel storage depot…

Turkish fires endanger world pine honey supplies

by Raziye Akkoc Agence France-Presse COKEK, Turkey (AFP) - Beekeepers Mustafa Alti and his son Fehmi were kept busy tending…

Fires, floods, flying insects: 10 recent climate-fuelled disasters

by Natalie HANDEL PARIS, France (AFP) -- From a summer of fire and record floods, to freak frosts and locusts…

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