Blaze

Bombardier: Firefighters tackle huge blaze at Belfast docks 0
- BUSINESS
- May 24, 2020
Image copyright Joel Neill Fifty firefighters are tackling a large fire at Bombardier Aerospace in the docks area of east Belfast. The Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS) received a call at about 20:45 BST to attend the blaze on Airport Road. Six pumping appliances, one aerial appliance, and a high-volume pump are being
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Chatteris house fire: Family of five ‘lose everything’ in blaze 0
- BUSINESS
- May 23, 2020
Image copyright Jordan Palmer Image caption Emergency crews were called to the family home on Friday evening A family has “lost everything” after a fire spread from a fence and destroyed their house. Firefighters were called to the house in Chatteris, Cambridgeshire, at about 19:45 BST on Friday. Jordan Palmer, who is a close family
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Delhi fire: at least 34 dead in ‘horrific’ factory blaze | World news 0
- BUSINESS
- December 8, 2019
At least 34 people have died in a major fire that broke out in a building in a grains market in central New Delhi, a doctor in a government-run hospital said. Kishore Singh said the victims were brought to the hospital by rescuers on Sunday. Another 15 people were being treated for burns or smoke
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Worcester Park fire: Major blaze at block of flats in south-west London 0
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- September 9, 2019
The London Fire Brigade says it is tackling a major fire in south-west London after a four-storey block of flats was engulfed in flames. About 125 firefighters are attending the scene on Sherbrooke Way in Worcester Park, with a total of 20 fire engines. The fire service said it had received almost 30 calls about
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Bangladesh fire leaves 10,000 homeless after blaze razes slum | World news 0
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- August 18, 2019
At least 10,000 people are homeless after a massive fire swept through a crowded slum in the Bangladesh capital and destroyed thousands of shanties, officials said on Sunday. The fire broke out at in Dhaka’s Mirpur neighbourhood late on Friday and razed around 2,000 mostly tin shacks, fire services official Ershad Hossain said. “I could
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Russia submarine fire: 14 killed in deep sea blaze on submersible vessel, Kremlin says 0
- BUSINESS
- July 2, 2019
Russia submarine fire: 14 killed in deep sea blaze on submersible vessel, Kremlin says | The Independent Fourteen submariners have died after a fire broke out on a navy research submersible in Russian waters. The crew members were poisoned by fumes during the blaze on Monday, the country’s defence ministry said. The vessel, based at Severomorsk, was reportedly performing
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