At least one person died on Friday in a major blaze at a shopping mall just outside Moscow, according to a top firefighting official. The inferno spread over some 7,000 square meters before rescuers managed to contain it, preventing damage to nearby buildings. The fire broke out at the retailer …
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A fire at a chemical facility in Omaha, in the US state of Nebraska, has left thousands of city residents without power and prompted the evacuation of nearby homes. According to the city fire department, the blaze at the Nox-Crete plant was reported at around 7 pm local time on …
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A massive fire erupted at an oil storage facility in the city of Belgorod on Friday morning, just two days after the same Russian region that borders Ukraine was rocked by a series of blasts at an ammunition depot. The incident happened in the administrative capital of the Belgorod region, located …
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A large fire broke out at a chemical plant in Passaic, New Jersey, with nearby residents urged to stay inside with their windows closed. One of the facilities burning reportedly has a major chlorine stockpile. Despite warnings for local residents to stay inside, a large crowd of people – including …
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A fire has erupted at a commercial lot in San Bernardino, California, with firefighters seen beating back flames so they do not spread to nearby homes. The incident has reportedly caused outages in the area. The San Bernardino County Fire Department responded to a two-alarm fire at around 4:35pm local …
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The substation at 7th and H streets caught fire on Tuesday morning local time. A pillar of smoke went up into the sky, as the immediate area lost power. The main Sacramento County Jail, which is right across the road, went into lockdown “for staff and inmate safety,” the sheriff’s …
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A bus with North Macedonian license plates crashed and erupted into flames around 2am local time as it was traveling on a freeway early Tuesday morning, killing at least 45 people, Interior Ministry official Nikolai Nikolov told a local TV station. At least 45 people were killed after a bus …
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The deadly fire broke out on Monday morning in a makeshift classroom constructed from wood and straw in Niger’s southern Maradi region, Reuters, the BBC and AFP reported independently, with the mayor of Maradi city confirming the casualties. “Right now, we have 26 dead and 13 injured, four of them …
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On Friday, a colossal blast tore through the facility in the Amur region, a key waypoint on the ‘Power of Siberia’ pipeline, which supplies both the Russian Far East, as well as China. Beijing has requested emergency support from Moscow in recent days as it struggles to tackle an energy …
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Six fire engines were sent to the scene to contain the blaze, which according to authorities had started in a deserted area. “There is no danger for those who are still there because the fire broke out in abandoned sheds in the western side of the camp,” the Greek Ministry …
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