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A fire raged Friday through an office building in western Moscow, said the emergencies ministry, adding that over 120 people had been evacuated. “According to preliminary information, more than 120 people had been rescued from the burning building,” the emergencies ministry said in a statement on messaging app Telegram, adding the search for more people was continuing. The blaze covered an area of 1,000 square metres (10,764 square feet), the ministry said, adding that […]
Firefighters have contained a large blaze that erupted in a cargo area of the Sudanese Red Sea port of Suakin, the port’s director said Thursday. The fire, which raged for hours, broke out in the cargo drop off area of the port on Wednesday sending plumes of acrid smoke into the sky. It was not immediately clear what caused the blaze. “The fire has been brought under control following the intervention of civil defence […]
by Jalees ANDRABI Agence France Presse NEW DELHI, India (AFP) — At least 27 people died and dozens more were injured in a massive fire in a building in the Indian capital New Delhi on Friday, emergency services said. The large fire broke out at a four-storey commercial building in west Delhi in the late afternoon, but its cause was not immediately clear. “Twenty-seven charred bodies were recovered from the building and almost two […]
(Eagle News) — At least eight people died after a fire broke out in a residential area in Quezon City. According to a report, the fatalities in the blaze that hit Barangay UP Campus included one elderly and a minor. The six other fatalities were found in separate rooms. The fire reached the second alarm. It was declared under control at 6:35 a.m. and was put out around 7 a.m. Authorities are still investigating the […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — More than 125 firefighters Monday battled a blaze at a tower block housing apartments and offices near the City of London, as burning debris fell to the ground. Police evacuated the high-rise building, after the fire erupted on its 17th floor and sent thick smoke into the sky. London mayor Sadiq Khan said 20 fire trucks and more than 125 firefighters were trying to douse the flames in the Aldgate […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Joe Biden on Thursday urged Russia to stop its military activities at a Ukrainian nuclear power plant and to allow in emergency services. Biden joined Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky “in urging Russia to cease its military activities in the area and allow firefighters and emergency responders to access the site,” a White House readout of a call between the two leaders said. Russian troops attacked the Ukrainian […]
by Dmitry ZAKS / Dmytro GORSHKOV Agence France Presse KYIV, Ukraine (AFP) — Europe’s largest nuclear power plant was on fire Friday after Russian strikes hit the Ukrainian facility, with the country’s foreign minister demanding an immediate ceasefire at the site to avoid disaster. Russia has intensified strikes across the country, with fresh reports of civilian casualties and devastating damage, even as Moscow agreed to a Ukrainian request for humanitarian corridors to allow terrified […]
DAMASCUS, Syria (AFP) — A fire ripped through a shopping center in the Syrian capital Damascus early Tuesday, killing at least five people, state media reported. Firefighters have “extinguished a blaze that broke out at dawn today in the La Mirada Mall building,” the official SANA news agency said, citing a Damascus fire department official. “Four people have been rescued and five corpses have been recovered so far,” SANA added. The cause of the fire […]
CORFU, Greece (AFP) — Greek firefighters and coastguards said Monday they were resuming the search for 10 people still missing from a ferry fire last week in which a truck driver perished. Television footage showed smoke still billowing from the Italian-flagged Euroferry Olympia, more than 72 hours after a fire ripped through the vessel as it sailed from Igoumenitsa in Greece to Brindisi in Italy with nearly 300 people aboard. “It is a very difficult […]
by John HADOULIS with Ljubomir MILASIN in Rome ATHENS, Greece (AFP) — Twelve people were missing and two remained trapped after an Italian-flagged ferry caught fire overnight on the Ionian Sea, Greek officials said, as emergency crews raced against the clock to put out the blaze and locate survivors before dark. Divers were being brought in to widen the search for those missing, the Greek coastguard said, after 278 people had been rescued and taken […]
SAINT-LAURENT-DE-LA-SALANQUE, France (AFP) — Seven people including two children were killed overnight from Sunday to Monday in a fire caused by an unexplained explosion in southern France, prosecutors said. Residents reported hearing a blast around 1:30 am (0030 GMT) that set buildings ablaze on both sides of a street in the small seaside town of Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque, around 15 kilometers (nine miles) from the city of Perpignan. “I heard a very loud explosion, then I saw […]
by Paula RAMON LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — A heatwave was bringing unseasonably high temperatures to California on Thursday, sending sun-worshippers to the beach, but also sparking a brushfire. Forecasters issued a heat warning for the most populous US state through to Sunday, warning the mercury could hit a height-of-summer 90 Fahrenheit (32 Celsius) in Los Angeles, well above the average for winter. California, in common with much of the western United States, is […]
