Fires
Firefighters battle new blaze at South African parliament, suspect charged with arson
By Wendell Roelf CAPE TOWN (Reuters) -A new blaze broke out on Monday at the complex housing the two chambers...
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Suspect arrested in connection with South African parliament fire
By Wendell Roelf CAPE TOWN (Reuters) -A fire at the South African parliament caused extensive damage on Sunday, collapsing the...
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Suspect in Japan clinic fire that killed 25 has died, NHK says
TOKYO (Reuters) -A 61-year-old man suspected of setting fire to a psychiatry clinic that killed 25 people in the Japanese...
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Bangladesh launch fire kills 38 people
DHAKA (Reuters) - At least 38 people have died in Bangladesh after a deadly fire swept through a launch on...
Read moreFire at Russian COVID-19 hospital kills two – report
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A fire in the intensive care unit of a COVID-19 hospital killed two people on Friday in...
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Haitians mourn victims of fuel truck blast as anger simmers
By Gessika Thomas PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Reuters) - Haitians on Tuesday mourned victims of a fuel truck blast that killed 90...
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Death toll from suspected arson at Japanese clinic rises to 25 – media
TOKYO (Reuters) - The death toll from a suspected arson attack at a psychiatry clinic in Japan has risen to...
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Suspect of Japan deadly clinic fire bought gasoline in Nov -police
TOKYO (Reuters) - A 61-year-old man suspected of starting a fire that killed 24 people last week in an Osaka...
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All 128 miners safely evacuated after incident at Russian mine
By Alexander Marrow MOSCOW (Reuters) -Al 128 miners were evacuated from a Siberian coal mine on Sunday after fire sensors...
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Japan investigators believe only escape route blocked in fatal clinic fire
Tokyo (Reuters) - A Japanese cabinet official said on Sunday that victims of a fire in a clinic that claimed...
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Explosion at Pakistan bank branch kills at least 15
KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) -At least 15 people were killed and 16 others injured in an explosion on Saturday at a...
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Patients praise ‘tender-hearted’ doctor after fatal Japan clinic blaze
By Kiyoshi Takenaka OSAKA (Reuters) - The doctor running the Japanese psychiatry clinic at the centre of a suspected arson...
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Mourners gather at site of fatal Japan clinic blaze
By Kiyoshi Takenaka OSAKA (Reuters) -Mourners placed bouquets of flowers and offerings of beer and water on Saturday at the...
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Arson suspected in Japan clinic blaze with 27 feared dead
By Kiyoshi Takenaka OSAKA, Japan (Reuters) -At least 27 people were feared dead after a fire swept through a psychiatry...
Read moreFour children die in London house fire – police
(Reuters) - A fire at a house in London killed four children on Thursday, police said. The children, all believed...
Read moreThree dead, 10 injured in fire at India’s Gujarat Fluorochemicals plant
BENGALURU (Reuters) - Three people were killed and 10 injured in a fire at a plant owned by Indian chemicals...
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Hong Kong douses fire that trapped 150 people on trade centre roof
By Edmond Ng HONG KONG (Reuters) -A fire broke out on Wednesday in Hong Kong's World Trade Centre, trapping about...
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Rescuers retrieve four bodies after Sicily blast; death toll rises to 7
By Antonio Denti RAVANUSA, Italy (Reuters) -Rescuers have pulled four more bodies out of the rubble of houses destroyed by...
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One person dies, 12 injured in fire at Tunisian Ennahda party HQ
By Tarek Amara TUNIS (Reuters) - One person died after he set himself on fire at the headquarters of Tunisia's...
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Sweden asks Norway to help as fire on timber ship threatens to spread
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden has asked Norway for assistance in fighting a fire that started on a cargo ship carrying...
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