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DUBAI, UAE (Reuters) — A massive blaze was engulfing one of the world’s tallest residential buildings in Dubai early Friday (August 4), residents said, but authorities said the tower had been evacuated and no injuries were reported. Flames shot up the sides of the Torch tower in the upscale Marina district in the second blaze at the building since 2015, with burning debris flying down the sides of the building. Residents and eyewitnesses have been posting […]
MARSEILLE, France (AFP) — Huge fires that forced mass evacuations of residents and holidaymakers in southern France were “under control” early Thursday, firefighters said, although they warned new blazes were still starting. In the village of Bormes-les-Mimosas, located near beaches popular with tourists on the Cote d’Azur, “the fire is not completely under control but we are winning the fight,” said Lieutenant-Colonel Michael Bernier, the civil security officer leading the emergency effort there. “Things are […]
MEULABOH, Indonesia (AFP) — Young children lie in hospital in Aceh province, Indonesia, as thick smoke caused by forest fires forces dozens of people to be treated for lung infections. Some schoolchildren were still able to go to school in Meulaboh Wednesday wearing masks but several schools suspended classes so students could stay at home. In the past week, about 35 hotspots — concentrations of fires — have destroyed 70 hectares (0.27 square miles) of forests and other […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — A United States Navy patrol ship fired warning shots Tuesday at an Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps boat in the Gulf as it closed in on the American vessel, officials said. The shots were fired after the Iranian vessel came within 150 yards (137 meters) of the USS Thunderbolt and failed to respond to repeated attempts to reach it via radio, then ignored warning flares and a series of blasts on […]
MARIPOSA COUNTY, California (Reuters) — A raging wildfire in central California that has forced more than 5,000 people from their homes spread rapidly on Thursday (July 20) after destroying dozens of buildings not far from Yosemite National Park, fire officials said. The Detwiler Fire, which is menacing the former gold rush town of Mariposa in the Sierra Nevada foothills, is only 10 percent contained, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire, […]
PODGORICA, Montenegro (AFP) — Montenegro asked Monday for international help to fight wildfires in the Lustica peninsula on the country’s Adriatic coast, while forest fires in neighboring Croatia spread to suburbs of the coastal city of Split. “The situation at Lustica is critical. The interior ministry of Montenegro asked for the European Union Civil Protection Mechanism” to be activated to help extinguish the fire, the government said in a statement. Mayors of the threatened coastal […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Wildfires roared Sunday across much of California, forcing thousands to evacuate homes as the most populous US state sweltered in record heat and flames menaced thousands of structures. Some 8,000 people were sent fleeing as thousands of firefighters were battling 14 large wildfires throughout the state, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, known as Cal Fire. The Alamo fire had scorched 23,867 acres (96.58 square […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) – Wildfires raged Sunday across much of California forcing hundreds to evacuate homes as the most populous US state sweltered in record heat. About 5,000 fire crew members were battling 14 large wildfires around the state, according to Cal Fire. Among the largest was the Alamo fire in San Luis Obispo county, about midway between San Francisco and Los Angeles. Fire there has burned 23,867 acres (96.59 square […]
(Reuters) — A major fire broke out in El Salvador’s Finance Ministry on Friday (July 7) killing at least two people, injuring 22 others and prompting some inside to jump from the building before the blaze was extinguished, officials said. Salvador Sanchez Ceren, El Salvador’s President, said on local TV that one woman, a union worker, died, while another person had died in hospital. Three more people were in a bad state and being operated on, […]
CALIFORNIA, United States (Reuters) – Fire crews are battling a large grass fire on Thursday (July 6) in Solano County near Winters, California, NBC News reported. Roads in the area have been closed as authorities are trying to contain the flames. There are no early reports of injuries.
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — The United States supplier of cladding encasing London’s Grenfell Tower before it was destroyed by a devastating fire announced on Monday it was stopping sales of the material for high-rise buildings. “Arconic is discontinuing global sales of Reynobond PE for use in high-rise applications,” a company spokesman told AFP. The firm put the decision down to “issues that have arisen in the wake of the Grenfell Tower tragedy” and differences […]
PAKISTAN (Reuters) – Death toll has risen to 153 from the oil tanker fire that broke out in the Bahawalpur district of Pakistan’s eastern Punjab Province Sunday morning, rescuers said. The number of deaths may rise further as about 40 out of the about 100 injured people are in critical conditions, according to an official of local hospital. A total of 75 motorbikes and six vehicles, including a traffic police vehicle, were burnt out in […]
