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KIEV, Ukraine (AFP) — Hundreds of firefighters and rescue workers rushed to deal with a forest fire that has killed six people in eastern Ukraine, the interior minister said on Tuesday. Water-bombing planes were also sent to the scene of the blaze in the Lugansk region, which is partially under the control of pro-Russia separatists, Arsen Avakov said. Firefighters initially battled back the flames but it spread again, helped by gusts of wind and soaring […]
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) — Amazon forest fires in Brazil increased by 19.5 percent in June compared to the same month last year, making it the worst June in 13 years, authorities revealed on Wednesday. June marks the start of the dry period and there were 2,248 recorded fires, leaving analysts expecting a worse year for the rainforest than the devastating 2019, which provoked anger throughout the world. The National Institute for Space Research […]
Damage to property estimated at P500,000 (Eagle News)–At least one person died after a fire struck a residential area in Mandaluyong early Saturday, June 6. A report identified the fatality in the blaze that affected around 200 houses on Correctional Road corner Nuebe de Pebrero in Barangay Addition Hills as Mila Taon Carillo, 69. The blaze reached the Task Force Bravo alarm, leaving around P500,000 worth of damage to property and affecting around 600 families. […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japanese police on Wednesday formally arrested a man on suspicion of an arson attack on an animation studio in Kyoto last year that killed 36 people, a police spokesman said. The horrifying attack on the well-known Kyoto Animation anime studio was the deadliest violent crime in decades infamously safe Japan, and shocked the country. Shinki Aoba allegedly broke into the building, “scattered gasoline on the ground floor, set fire to it,” […]
by Andrew LEESON Agence France-Presse COBARGO, Australia (AFP) — Victims of Australia’s catastrophic bushfires are still living in tents, garages and makeshift shelters months after the blazes ended, with efforts to rebuild their lives hampered by the coronavirus pandemic. Inside a small tin shed on Australia’s southeast coast, a family of six takes refuge from the cold as the southern hemisphere winter begins to bite. The structure — chock-full of toys and beds — has […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has fired a deputy administrator from the Office of the Civil Defense. In an interview over GMA 7 on Friday, May 22, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said Assistant Secretary Kristoffer Purisima was sacked due to “lack of trust and confidence.” Roque said Purisima’s office is at the forefront of giving aid during calamities, including the COVID-19 pandemic. According to Roque, another official has submitted an irrevocable resignation. He did not however […]
SAINT PETERSBURG, Russia (AFP) — A fire at a hospital in Russia’s second city Saint Petersburg has killed at least five people and forced dozens to be evacuated, a source in the emergencies ministry told AFP. “Five people died in the fire, 150 were evacuated,” the source said of the blaze at the Saint George hospital, which news agency TASS reported had been repurposed to treat coronavirus patients. © Agence France-Presse
MEDAN, Indonesia (AFP) — At least 22 people were injured when a crude oil tanker burst into flames at one of Indonesia’s busiest ports Monday with rescuers scrambling to reach dozens trapped on board, an official said. Two explosions were heard shortly before the blaze erupted on the 250-meter (820 foot) long Jag Leela, belching huge clouds of thick black smoke into the air. Firefighters on board another boat battled to put out the […]
(Eagle News)–At least six people, including two minors, died after a fire hit a residential area in Manila on Thursday, April 30. Four people were also hurt in the fire that hit the corner of Tioco and Herbosa streets at 6:37 a.m. The fire reached the first alarm and was put out at 7:52 a.m. Authorities have so far yet to determine the cause of the blaze and the damage to property.
by Olga SHYLENKO Agence France Presse KIEV, Ukraine (AFP) — Hundreds of firefighters on Monday battled a forest blaze in Ukraine’s Chernobyl exclusion zone while officials insisted there was no risk to the ruined reactor and nearby storage facilities for nuclear waste. “There is no threat to the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and the storage facilities,” Volodymyr Demchuk, a senior official from Ukraine’s emergency service, said in a video statement late Monday. The fire broke […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — Eighteen firefighters and one forestry guide died while fighting a huge forest fire in southwestern China, the local government said Tuesday. State television footage showed large flames shooting into the sky from the mountains above the city of Xichang in Sichuan province, turning the sky orange. Heavy clouds of smoke billowed above the buildings and roads of the city, which has a population of some 700,000 people. The blaze started near […]
(Eagle News) — Philippine airport authorities are now investigating Lionair Philippines and are mulling grounding its entire fleet after the latest incident involving its medical plane at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). The Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) and the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) said that it is investigating the latest accident of Lionair involving a medical evacuation plane that caught fire while taking off at NAIA’s runway on Sunday […]
