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by Abhaya Srivastava Agence France Presse NEW DELHI, India (AFP) — At least 17 people died when a fire ripped through a budget hotel in Delhi on Tuesday, with victims including a woman and a child who reportedly jumped from a window to escape the blaze. Images showed thick smoke and flames billowing out of the top floor of the Hotel Arpit Palace in a congested part of the Indian capital. Guests at the […]
NEW DELHI, India (AFP) — At least nine people were killed and three others injured when a fire engulfed a hotel in New Delhi on Tuesday, a senior official said. The blaze broke out before dawn at Hotel Arpit Palace in a congested part of central Delhi. “Nine people are dead including a woman and a child. Three people are injured,” G.C. Misra, the director of Delhi Fire Services, told AFP. © Agence France-Presse
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) — A large New Zealand wildfire is expected to burn for weeks longer but has moved away from some inhabited areas, allowing residents of an evacuated village to return home soon, firefighters said Monday. About 3,000 inhabitants of Wakefield, just outside Nelson at the top of South Island, were ordered out Saturday as flames razed bushland within two kilometers (1.2 miles) of their homes. The fire erupted early last week amid […]
(Eagle News)—A four-year-old boy was killed after a fire hit a residential area in Quezon City on Sunday, Feb .10. The fatality in the blaze in Barangay North Fairview around 9 p.m. has not been identified at press time. Around eighty houses were affected by the fire that reached the second alarm. It was put out before midnight.
(Eagle News) — Two Filipinos were among those killed in a fire that razed an apartment building in Paris, France on Tuesday, Feb. 5. The Department of Foreign Affairs made the announcement after receiving confirmation from the Crisis Center of the Paris Prefecture that the couple were among ten killed in the blaze on Rue Erlanger at the 16th Arrondissement of the city. Earlier, the embassy had already been assisting the couple’s daughter, who had […]
(Eagle News) — At least nine people were killed after a fire engulfed a house in Pasay early Thursday, Feb. 7. The fatalities in the fire that broke out in the residence in Maricaban at 2:10 a.m. were Julius Wablas, his wife Rheadela, and daughters Nicole, Juric Andrea and Julia Janet, the Bureau of Protection said. Also killed were Michael Calma and his sons Mark Joseph, John Clark and Andrew James. Only Calma’s wife, Jasmin, survived. The […]
by Joseph Schmid and Guillaume Decamme Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — At least 10 people died and 30 were injured in an overnight blaze at an apartment block in Paris that police suspect was deliberately started by a female resident, officials and firefighters said Tuesday. The fire on the upper floors of the building in rue Erlanger in the upmarket 16th district of southwest Paris is the most deadly in the capital since 2005. Dramatic […]
(Eagle News)–A fire hit a pastries factory in Meycauayan, Bulacan early Tuesday, Feb. 5. The blaze began in the factory in Barangay Libtong past midnight. As of 4 a.m., the blaze reached the fifth alarm. No one was reported injured so far.
(Eagle News)—-Two people were killed after a fire razed a residential area in Cainta, Rizal on Sunday, Feb. 3. The fatalities in the incident on Ortigas Avenue and Felix Avenue in Barangay Santo Domingo were identified as Maria Refol Cabucas, 81, and John Bell Lorenzo, 26. Authorities said the two may have suffocated because of the blaze that hit at 5:06 p.m. and spread to an adjacent subdivision. The fire reached the Task Force Alpha alarm […]
(Eagle News) — Three children are in critical condition after being trapped inside a house in Caloocan that caught fire on Friday, Feb. 1. Authorities said Cedric James Valero, 8; Chloe Valero, 6; and Alexandra Valero, 4; were rushed to a nearby hospital after they sustained burns from a fire that hit their rented house in Barangay Bagong Barrio past midnight. Apart from the rented house, a clothing store was also affected by the blaze. According to […]
(Eagle News) — A seven-year-old boy was killed in a fire that hit a residential and commercial area in Quezon City early Tuesday, Jan. 29. Authorities said the boy was the son of Jacquelyn Laksi, who was the owner of one of the houses on Litex Road in Barangay Commonwealth that caught fire around 7 a.m. The Bureau of Fire Protection said the boy’s body was “beyond recognition” when found by firemen in the house. Authorities […]
(Eagle News)—-Three people were hurt after a fire razed a residential area in Quezon City on Wednesday evening, Jan. 23. Those injured in the blaze in Barangay Roxas have yet to be identified. As of early Thursday, Jan. 24, firemen are still in the area. There are no details available at press time.
