Tag: fire

Australia developing satellite to predict bushfire danger zones

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Australian scientists are developing the country’s first satellite designed to predict where bushfires are likely to start, following months of devastating fires. The Australian National University said Wednesday a team is creating a “shoebox-sized” satellite that will measure forest ground cover and moisture levels using infrared detectors. It is hoped the data will help determine where bushfires are likely to start and where they may be difficult to contain. The technology […]

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Former Rugby League player suspected of killing wife, 3 kids in Australia car fire

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — An ex-rugby league player is suspected of killing his three children and estranged wife by setting fire to their car, in what Australian police described as one of the most horrific incidents they have encountered. Police said a 31-year-old woman, named by local media as Hannah Baxter, died in a Brisbane hospital on Wednesday just hours after her three children aged three, four and six were found dead in the burned […]

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At least 15 hectares affected by raging bushfire in Zamboanga City

ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) – The raging bushfire in the eastern part of Zamboanga City has now affected almost 15 hectares, particularly in barangay Muti. The bushfire started Monday noon, Feb. 17, and continues to spread to dry grasslands because of the strong winds, according to the barangay captain of Bgy. Muti, Henry Aring. He said that three families own the grasslands razed by the fire in the barangay. Because of the bushfire, travel […]

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Bushfire crisis hit 75% of Australians: survey

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Three in four Australians — almost 18 million people — were affected by the country’s deadly bushfire crisis, according to a survey released Tuesday that also pointed to plummeting support for the government and for coal projects. The Australian National University study showed the vast human scale of the five-month crisis, which killed more than 30 people and destroyed thousands of homes. “Nearly every Australian has been touched by these fires […]

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Death toll in Peru tanker explosion rises to 30

LIMA, Peru (AFP) — The death toll from the explosion of a gas tanker in Lima last month has risen to 30, Peru’s ministry of health said Thursday. Two women and a man were the most recent to succumb to burns from a fireball that occurred when the tanker truck carrying 10,000 liters (2,642 gallons) of liquefied gas exploded on January 23. Initially, only two people were killed and 50 injured, but the death toll […]

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Opening of Skyway-stage 3 to open this July, instead of March, due to damage from Pandacan blaze

https://youtu.be/_fBuxGm8wyg   (Eagle News) – The Skyway Stage 3 in Manila, which was originally scheduled to open this March, will open this July instead because of Saturday’s huge fire that engulfed the nearby San Miguel Corporation plastics factory warehouse. In a statement, the SMC said that the fire had damaged around 300 meters of the skyway. “Rest assured, we will work 24/7 to endeavor to complete the entire project in five months,” said SMC President […]

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Part of Skyway gives in as huge blaze engulfs San Miguel warehouse in Pandacan, Manila

  (Eagle News) — A portion of the Skyway in Pandacan, Manila which is still under construction collapsed because of the huge blaze that engulfed a plastic factory warehouse of San Miguel Corporation on Saturday, Feb. 1. The fire started at past 10 a.m. and was placed under Task Force Bravo at 11:05 a.m. The warehouse security personnel assured that the workers inside the factory were able to go out of the premises as soon […]

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Fire hits Pandacan, Manila

(Eagle News)–A fire struck Pandacan, Manila on Saturday, Feb. 1. The fire broke out past 10 a.m. and was still raging as of 1 p.m. The Manila Public Information Office said the blaze, which  affected a San Miguel Corp. Warehouse, has now reached Task Force Bravo, according to information from the Manila Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office. The Manila Public Information Office said a portion of the ongoing Skyway-3 project collapsed due to the fire. […]

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Emergency declared for bushfire-threatened Canberra

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Authorities in Canberra on Friday declared the first state of emergency in almost two decades as a bushfire bore down on the Australian capital. Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory Andrew Barr said the measure was “effective now and will be in place for as long as Canberra is at risk”. The measures come ahead of heatwave conditions expected over the coming days and as forecasts predicted fires could hit […]

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Australia heatwave renews bushfire worries

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Australia was bracing for a heatwave to sweep across the country’s fire-ravaged southeast in the coming days, with the forecast stoking fears the soaring temperatures could inflame bushfires. Temperatures reached above 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) on Thursday in South Australia state, where dangerous fire weather warnings were issued in several bushfire-prone areas. The heatwave is then expected to hit Melbourne and Canberra on Friday before parts of Sydney reach […]

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Crew rescued from blazing oil tanker off UAE: officials

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AFP) — The crew of a Panamanian-flagged oil tanker were rescued when the vessel caught fire off the coast of the United Arab Emirates, authorities said Wednesday. “The UAE authorities are working to put out a fire that broke out aboard an oil tanker 21 miles off the coast of Sharjah after receiving a distress message,” a senior UAE official said in a tweet, adding that an investigation was underway into […]

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LA residents flee ‘suspicious’ high-rise blaze

LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — A fire suspected to have been started deliberately Wednesday in a high-rise residential block in Los Angeles injured eight people, including a baby, and prompted a massive response by firefighters. Earlier reports had said several people had jumped from the 25-story Barrington Plaza in the west of the city but authorities later clarified that was not the case. “No one jumped, there are no fatalities,” deputy fire chief Armando […]

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