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Lisbon -
Portugal's police said Wednesday they had arrested 61 suspected arsonists so far this year, with fires on the rise and figures showing the largest number of people killed in forest blazes since 2003.
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Atenas -
Greece on Wednesday called off a request for European assistance in battling wildfires as Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said firefighters had gained the upper hand in halting a destructive blaze near Athens after three days.
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London -
Hundreds of people marched silently on Monday through the west London neighbourhood where a devastating fire in June left at least 80 people dead.
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Atenas -
A wildfire was raging Monday on the coastal front of Athens, officials said, with summer homes under threat and a local village evacuated.
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Lisbon -
Spanish firefighters and water-dumping aircraft have bolstered Portuguese efforts to gain control of forest fires raging in the centre of the country, the European Commission said Monday.
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Lisboa -
Firefighters aided by calmer winds were gaining control of wildfires raging across drought-hit Portugal on Thursday but warned the fire danger remained high in the coming days.
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Lisboa -
Over 2,600 firefighters battled 62 wildfires raging across Portugal on Thursday, officials said, as the return of scorching heat put an end to the respite after a spate of blazes.
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Paris -
A forest fire raged in parched southern France on Thursday, forcing 400 campers and residents to flee, firefighters said.
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Dibai -
A fire erupted in a residential highrise in Dubai Sunday, authorities said, days after a blaze tore through a tower across the street.
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Dibai -
Panicked residents fled one of the tallest towers in the glitzy Gulf city state of Dubai early on Friday after a fire ripped through it, the second blaze to hit the skyscraper in as many years.
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Toukyo -
A fire broke out on Thursday just outside Tokyo's famed Tsukiji fish market -- the world's biggest -- with flames and thick grey smoke spewing out of old wooden buildings.
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Den Haag -
Europe's biggest oil refinery will remain shut for another couple of weeks after a power station on the site was hit by a huge fire, oil giant Shell said Tuesday.
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Colombo -
Crew on a Sri Lankan Airlines plane carrying 202 passengers have extinguished a mid-flight fire triggered by a mobile phone battery in an overhead locker, the carrier said Monday.
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London -
British police said there may be "reasonable grounds" for bringing corporate manslaughter charges over the Grenfell Tower fire disasterm as loved ones of victims gathered for a service on Thursday.
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By AFP
Marseille -
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.
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Vila De Rei -
Forest fires raged in the early hours of Thursday in central Portugal, cutting off roads and forcing thousands to flee just a month after deadly blazes left more than 60 people dead.
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Bormes-les-mimosas -
Local residents joined firefighters in southern France Wednesday to battle blazes that have forced over 10,000 people to flee and left chunks of coastal forest a blackened mess.
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By AFP
Marseille -
Thousands of firefighters battled forest fires in large areas of southeast France Tuesday, with one "extremely virulent" inferno raging near the jetset resort of Saint-Tropez, emergency services said.
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Bastia -
Hundreds of firefighters were battling blazes across southern France on Monday, with one inferno spreading across 900 hectares of forest and threatening homes on the island of Corsica, emergency services said.
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By AFP
Bastia -
Dozens of firefighters were battling a blaze on the French island of Corsica on Monday that has spread across 900 hectares of forest and was threatening homes, emergency services said.
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By AFP
Lisbon -
More than 2,000 firefighters were battling forest fires that broke out on Sunday in central Portugal, which was hit by deadly blazes last month.
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London -
Survivors of last month's deadly tower block inferno in London packed a tense meeting Wednesday and heckled the new leader of the local authority that has been attacked for its handling of the disaster.
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By AFP
Kamloops -
As forest fires raged Wednesday in western Canada, the provincial government extended a state of emergency and announced aid for tens of thousands of people evacuated because of the disaster.
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By AFP
Montr -
Tens of thousands of people who fled wildfires in western Canada were unable to return home Tuesday as the massive blazes raged on.
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By AFP
Honolulu -
At least three people were killed and a dozen injured Friday when a massive fire tore through a 36-story apartment complex in Honolulu, local media reported.
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Moscow -
A huge fire broke out at a Moscow shopping centre Monday, injuring 14 people, and involving more than 200 firefighters and 60 trucks to put out.
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Kathmandu -
Sopranos star Michael Imperioli kicked off an expedition Monday that will see a motley crew of celebrities drive 10 fire trucks on Nepal's hair-raising roads for charity.
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By AFP
Los Angeles -
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.
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Los Angeles -
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 firefighters were battling 14 large wildfires around the state, according to Cal Fire.
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Georgetown -
One prison officer was killed and seven others were injured during a jailbreak in South America's Guyana that saw inmates set fire to the facility and four prisoners escape, authorities said.
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Canadian Tire store in Toronto's Leaside sets ablaze.
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Massive fire engulfs Nairobi International airport forcing closure on August 7, 2013. YouTube
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Canadian Tire store in Toronto's Leaside sets ablaze.
A fire burning in Bangkok by Timo Kozlowski
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A fire on Detroit's West side. Firemen and women work to put out the blaze.
Alcatraz Prison Picture of a typical cell. Alcatraz is located in the middle of San Francisco Bay in California. National Park Service
Firemen pose near the Summit Fire border in Big Bear
A fire on Detroit's West side. Firemen and women work to put out the blaze.
Fire in downtown Toronto destroyed heritage building at Dundas and Gould
Train derailment in Columbus, Ohio screencap from live video at 10tv.com
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