Fire News
|
Johanesburg -
All the 486 miners who were trapped underground at a gold mine in South Africa on Sunday have been brought to the surface, a spokeswoman for mining company Harmony Gold said."All the miners are out," Charmane Russell told AFP.
|
|
Dubai -
Hundreds of panicked residents fled one of the tallest towers in Dubai early Saturday as a huge fire engulfed the skyscraper, causing extensive damage to its luxury flats.
|
|
Bejing -
A shopping mall inferno killed 17 people in China, authorities said Friday, the latest deadly accident in a country where safety standards are often flouted.
|
|
Moscow -
A fire that ripped through one of Russia's largest university libraries is believed to have damaged over one million historic documents, with some describing the fire as a cultural "Chernobyl.
|
|
Dhaka -
At least 13 people were killed and more than a dozen injured on Saturday when a fire broke out in a plastic factory in Bangladesh's capital, emergency service officials said.
|
|
San Francisco -
Dozens of residents rescued Wednesday from a burning San Francisco building may have been further imperiled by blocked fire escapes and a malfunctioning alarm system, officials said.
|
|
Officials have said that the fire that destroyed a major part of a luxury New Jersey apartment complex was caused when ongoing plumbing repairs sparked a fire that quickly spread through the building.
|
|
Taipei -
Six young firemen were killed on Tuesday as they battled a blaze engulfing a bowling alley in northern Taiwan, officials said.
|
|
Lille -
Passenger train services through the Channel Tunnel between France and Britain resumed early Sunday, a day after a lorry fire forced the crucial link's closure and suspension of all trains, operator Eurotunnel said.
|
|
Paris -
Eurostar said its services will resume on Sunday, with some delays, after a lorry fire halted traffic in the Channel Tunnel between Britain and France.
|
|
Coquelles -
Traffic was suspended in both directions in the Channel Tunnel between Britain and France on Saturday after a lorry fire, authorities said, hoping partial service could restart later in the evening.
|
|
Sydney -
Australian authorities said Wednesday they had almost fully contained a destructive bushfire in the country's south, as rain in fire-hit areas brought welcome relief for firefighters.
|
|
Sydney -
Australia experienced its third-hottest year on record in 2014, paving the way for an early start to the bushfire season, scientists said Tuesday as hundreds of firefighters battled blazes in three states.
|
|
Adelaide -
Firefighters raced Monday to contain a major blaze before the forecast return of strong winds and a heatwave, following the loss of 26 homes in the worst bushfire conditions in South Australia for three decades.
|
|
Adelaide -
More than 30 homes are feared destroyed as firefighters battle the worst bushfire in South Australia for three decades, with officials warning Sunday of a threat to lives even as weather conditions improve.
|
|
Stockholm -
More than a thousand protesters took to the streets in Sweden on Friday to urge an end to a spate of attacks against mosques, amid growing tensions over the rise of an anti-immigration party.
|
|
Eskilstuna -
Several hundred marchers turned out in Sweden on Friday to denounce an arson attack on a mosque that injured five people Thursday, as the traditionally tolerant country confronts the rising influence of the extreme right.
|
|
Sydney -
Survivors of a devastating 2009 bushfire in Australia won final court approval Tuesday for a nearly Aus$500 million (US$407 million) payout -- the biggest class action settlement in the nation's history.
|
|
Los Angeles -
A pair of massive fires burst across the Los Angeles skyline early Monday, damaging four buildings and closing down freeways during the morning commute.
|
|
Brussels -
A fire caused the shutdown of a nuclear reactor in eastern Belgium on Sunday, media reports said, making it the fourth reactor to go offline in the country.
|
|
They'd apparently readied a diversion, but suspects apparently hadn't considered all the logistics to ripping a bank machine Monday night from the lobby of a Pointe-aux-Trembles credit union.
|
|
Bejing -
Eighteen people died in a fire at a food packaging plant in China, state media said Monday, the latest accident in a country blighted by poor industrial safety standards.
|
|
Richmond -
Voters in the Northern California city of Richmond rejected four refinery-backed candidates in Tuesday's city council election despite $3 million in Chevron-funded campaign advertising.
|
|
Wallops Island -
NASA is warning coastal Virginia residents not to touch any debris they find from Tuesday night's explosion and crash of a rocket and supply capsule headed for the International Space Station.
|
|
Kansas City -
A Kansas City woman willing to risk life, limb and the possibility of arrest to rescue her World Series tickets from her burning home, ended up crossing paths with baseball legend George Brett upon conclusion of the ordeal.
|
|
Seoul -
North and South Korean troops briefly exchanged fire Sunday in the latest in a series of minor border skirmishes that have raised military tensions on the divided peninsula.
|
|
Los Angeles -
An entertainment engineering company called Two Bit Circus will hold the world’s 1st “Carnival from the Future.” A Hacker Preview day will be held beforehand to show what types of experiences will be seen at the carnival.
|
|
Weed -
A 24-year-old Northern California man was arrested and charged Saturday with starting the Boles fire that burned through the tiny lumber town of Weed, destroying more than 150 homes.
|
|
Placerville -
California's disastrous King fire that burned nearly 100,000 acres of mostly forested land in Northern California has been fully contained, officials said Thursday.
|
|
Chicago -
Hundreds of flights were grounded at two major Chicago airports after an employee at an air traffic control center lit a fire and tried to commit suicide, officials said.
|
apis-265661 apis-265554 apis-264208 apis-263773 apis-263751 apis-263633 apis-263485 apis-262746 apis-262582 apis-262547 apis-262531 apis-261551 apis-261477 apis-261398 apis-261246 apis-261199 apis-260717 apis-260468 apis-259165 apis-258493 apis-257435 apis-257272 apis-256431 apis-255567 apis-255084 apis-254663 apis-254446 apis-254148 apis-253978 apis-252830
Fire Image
A tire fire in Bangkok's Rama IV during the political unrest in Thailand by Cengiz Yar Jr/HFWH
Luminarias festival in Spain YouTube
A Colorado sunset tinged with smoke from the wildfires James Bo Insogna
Firefighters and police officers form a wall between Westboro Baptist Church protesters and those attending the funeral of a Sandy Hook Elementary School victim. imgur
A scene from the Colorado wildfires wyoguard
A fire on Detroit's West side. Firemen and women work to put out the blaze.
Nebraska National Guard crewmembers of Company C 2nd-135th General Support Aviation Battalion dump water from a Bambi bucket onto flames of the High Park fire, in Larimer County, Colo., approximately 15 miles west of Fort Collins The National Guard
A train caught fire in India killing at least 47 people on July 30, 2012. Video screen capture
File photo: Giovanni Dall'Orto
A view of the Colorado wildfires as seen from a resident's house LePhotography
Screengrab from Houston fire video YouTube screengrab
A forest fire rages out of control on Mallorca in the Balearic Islands, Spain - July 2013. YouTube
A fire on Detroit's West side. Firemen and women work to put out the blaze.
A London Duck Tour boat caught fire on the River Thames. Video screengrab
Kenya's Naivasha township: The fire left a charred landscape Marcus Gregar-Rive / KCC Slum Project
El Lodge, a luxury ski resort in the Sierra Nevada in Spain has burned to the ground. YouTube
|
|
