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SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — South Korea said Monday it will fine German automaker BMW 11.2 billion won ($10 million) for allegedly dragging its feet in recalling cars with faulty engines linked to dozens of engine fires. BMW vehicles bursting into flames made headlines in South Korea earlier this year, with local media reporting more than 40 cases in 2018 and some parking lots refusing to accept BMW cars over fears they could catch fire. […]
(Eagle News)–At least three people were killed in a fire that hit a merchandise store in Quezon City on Thursday, Dec. 20. Authorities have yet to identify those killed in the fire that started at 3 a.m. in Novaliches, but reports said they included a five-year-old boy, an 80-year-old woman and a 40-year-old woman. The fire, which reached the third alarm, spread to adjacent structures. A fire-out was declared at 4:22 a.m.
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — A powerful blast ripped through a restaurant in northern Japan late Sunday, injuring 42 people, starting fires that took hours to bring under control and leading several neighbouring buildings to collapse, officials and reports said. Images from the scene showed large flames and plumes of smoke rising in the night air after the blast in the northern city of Sapporo. The cause of the blast was still under investigation, police […]
ROME, Italy (AFP) — Twelve teams of firefighters battled Tuesday to put out a vast fire at a garbage dump in Rome as critics slammed the capital’s beleaguered waste manager and warned of chaos to come. The odor of burning refuse wafted across the historic center as the blaze, which began overnight, crept steadily from the site in the north-east of the city. City hall said it had called the national civil protection agency and […]
(Eagle News) — One person was reported injured after a fire hit a house in Quezon City on Tuesday, Dec. 11. A report from the Bureau of Fire Protection said Merrian Vargas, 55, sustained burns in her right arm in the blaze in a bungalow in Green Meadows Subdivision in Barangay Ugong Norte. The fire, which destroyed P500,000 worth of properties, started at 4:07 a.m. A fire-out was declared at 5:30 a.m.
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Thousands of people were being evacuated from their homes in northeast Australia late Wednesday, as bushfires raged across Queensland state amid a scorching heatwave. Some 8,000 people were told to leave the town of Gracemere, south of the central coast area of Rockhampton, as a fast-moving blaze threatened homes. The Bureau of Meteorology declared a “catastrophic” fire danger — the highest possible risk rating — in some central areas, while firefighters […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, Nov. 27, said he fired two other government officials, this time, from the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process. The dismissal of Undersecretary Ronald Flores’ and Assistant Secretary Yeshtern Donn Baccay came a day after the President said he would fire another undersecretary for corruption. Prior to this, the President fired Undersecretary Falconi Millar, secretary-general of the Housing and Urban Coordinating Council also over corruption. […]
by Fabrice COFFRINI Agence France Presse SOLOTHURN, Switzerland (AFP) — Six people, including children, died when a fire broke out in an apartment building northwestern Switzerland, apparently due to “incorrect use of articles for smokers,” police said Monday. One person was arrested following the deadly blaze, which happened in the early hours of Monday in the town of Solothurn, north of the capital Bern. “There were more than 20 people in the building. Most were […]
by Fabrice Coffrini Agence France Presse SOLOTHURN, Switzerland (AFP) — Six people, including children, died when a fire broke out overnight in an apartment building in the northwestern Swiss town of Solothurn, police said Monday, with neighbours indicating the building housed asylum seekers. “There were more than 20 people in the building. Most were evacuated by the fire brigade, but for six people, including children, the help came too late,” Solothurn police said in a […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — The deadliest and most destructive fire in California’s history was finally brought totally under control by firefighters, more than two weeks after it erupted, authorities said on Sunday. The so-called Camp Fire, which broke out on November 8, is so far known to have killed 87 people although another 249 people remain unaccounted for. That figure has fallen sharply over the weekend, having stood at 474 on Friday. “#CampFire […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — The death toll from the wildfire in northern California rose to 83 Wednesday after crews found two more sets of remains in burned-out buildings, officials said. The number of people listed as unaccounted for in the deadliest and most destructive fire in state history dropped from 870 to 563. This number has been fluctuating wildly amid the confusion of the search for bodies in the town of Paradise, which […]
by Sebastian Smith Agence France Presse PARADISE, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump expressed sadness Saturday at the devastation caused by fires in a California town, but persisted in his controversial claim that forest mismanagement is responsible for the tragedy which has left 76 dead and more than 1,000 listed as missing. “This is very sad,” Trump said after surveying the remains of Paradise, where nearly the only people out on the road were […]
