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ACAMBAY, Mexico (AFP) — Mexico’s president announced a series of social programs Tuesday aimed at developing poor areas where fuel theft has become a booming industry, after a pipeline tap gone wrong killed 93 people. President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who blames poverty for the thriving black market in stolen gasoline, said his government would spend around $200 million on pensions, small-business loans, a youth employment scheme and other programs to help 1.7 million people […]
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) — Mexico has opened an investigation into what caused a deadly pipeline explosion, including possible negligence by authorities, the attorney general said Monday, as the death toll rose to 91 people. It is still unclear exactly how events unfolded leading up to the Friday blast, which occurred as hundreds of people rushed to collect fuel in buckets and jerrycans from a geyser of gasoline that was spouting from an illegal pipeline […]
LYON, France (AFP) — Two people died Sunday and 25 more were injured, four seriously, in a fire at the ski resort of Courchevel in the French Alps, officials said. The pre-dawn blaze forced the evacuation of some 60 resort workers, including foreigners, from a three-storey accommodation building. Firefighters found the two unidentified bodies in a burnt-out area of the building in the upmarket Courchevel 1850 ski station. Three of the four badly injured were […]
TLAHUELILPAN, Mexico (AFP) — The death toll from a fiery explosion in central Mexico rose to 79 on Sunday as authorities vowed to hold accountable those responsible for a fuel-line leak that drew hundreds of people looking to gather gasoline. The search for remains at the site of the explosion in the state of Hidalgo ended late Saturday but officials indicated that the death toll could still rise. Health Minister Jorge Alcocer said 66 people […]
An explosion and fire in central Mexico killed at least 73 people after hundreds swarmed to the site of an illegal fuel-line tap to gather gasoline amid a government crackdown on fuel theft, officials said. Hidalgo state governor Omar Fayad announced that the toll had increased to 73 after the discovery of five additional bodies. The blast — which Fayad said injured 74 people — occurred near Tlahuelilpan, a town of 20,000 people about an hour’s drive […]
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) — A leaking fuel pipeline triggered a massive blaze in central Mexico Saturday, killing at least 20 people and injuring another 54, officials said. Omar Fayad, governor of Hidalgo state, said locals at the site of the leak were scrambling to steal some of the leaking oil when at least 20 of them were burned to death. “I’ve been told that 20 have been burned to death and another 54 burn […]
(Eagle News) — Namahagi ng tulong ang mga miyembro ng Iglesia Ni Cristo sa mga residenteng nasunugan sa Brgy. Paliwas, Obando, Bulacan. Namahagi ng goody bags ang Iglesia Ni Cristo sa nasa mahigit isandaang residenteng nasunugan sa lugar. Ilan sa ibinahaging tulong ay ang mga pagkain tulad ng bigas at iba pa. Sama-samang namahagi ng tulong ang mga miyembro ng Iglesia Ni Cristo partikular na sa Distrito ng Bulacan. Nagpapasalamat naman ang maraming nabigyan ng […]
(Eagle News)—Three people were killed after a fire hit a residential area in Manila on Tuesday, Jan. 15. The charred bodies of Lynrose Balot Valentin, 50; her son Jordan Valentin, 26; and a 17-year-old relative were found on the second floor of the house on Doña Maria Street in Sampaloc after the fire, which began past 6 a.m., was put out at 6:47 a.m. The blaze did not reach he first alarm. Authorities are investigating the incident. […]
TOULOUSE, France (AFP) — Twenty-two people were injured, two seriously, when a fire swept through an apartment building in the southwestern French city of Toulouse, the fire service told AFP on Thursday. Part of the four-storey building collapsed and guests from a neighbouring hotel were also evacuated, said fire lieutenant-colonel Sylvain Gergaud. “The fire spread very quickly through the lift shift,” he said. Two firemen were among the casualties. The blaze had been brought under control […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he is cutting emergency federal aid sent to help California after devastating wildfires unless the Democratic-led state gets its “act together.” “Billions of dollars are sent to the State of California for Forrest fires that, with proper Forrest Management, would never happen,” Trump tweeted, initially misspelling the word forest before repeating the tweet with the word corrected. “Unless they get their act together, which […]
Another inmate escapes amid commotion on Thursday night, the BJMP says (Eagle News)–An 84-year-old detainee was killed and ten others were injured after a fire broke out in the Antipolo City Jail on Thursday night. The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology did not identify the 84-year-old, who was facing rape charges, but said he had complained of difficulty of breathing and was later declared dead on arrival in the hospital. The BJMP said ten […]
(Eagle News) – A huge blaze that struck Barangay Dujo Fatima in Cebu City at Tuesday dawn, December 25, destroyed some 200 houses and killed a 12-year old boy. Investigators identified the fatality as Cyrus John Perras from Barangay Duljo Fatima. His remains were found inside an internet café shop The fire was first reported at 3:47 a.m., and reached Task Force Alpha at 4:11 a.m., which means firefighters from neighboring local governments were mobilized […]
