All news on the topic: Fire

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Fireball at Texas refinery sparks emergency response and regional lockdown
A Texan oil refinery has exploded, shaking residents’ homes as they are urged to find shelter.
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Hell near the airport: a giant oil depot exploded and is burning in Bahrain
Fuel depot blaze erupts in Bahrain after attack blamed on Iran
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Fire near Glasgow Central causes building collapse and shuts Scotland’s busiest station
Scotland’s busiest railway station is closed all day after a building near Glasgow Central Station partially collapsed in Glasgow city centre on Sunday night.
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Environmental hell in Tehran as Israeli strikes ignite fuel depots and burning oil flows through city drainage systems
Video from the streets of Tehran, where fuel is burning following Israeli strikes, having leaked into sewers and drainage channels.
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Plane engine explodes seconds after takeoff in Savannah — flames erupt near airport runway
Terrifying images caught the moment a Delta flight engine failure moments after takeoff led to an airport fire.
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19th-century London golf club burns to the ground in major blaze
A fire has swept through a historic 19th-century golf club in London, with smoke visible for miles.
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Footballer Tahirys Dos Santos ‘severely injured’ in Swiss nightclub fire
A French footballer has been ‘seriously injured’ in the New Year’s Eve fire in a nightclub in Switzerland, which killed at least 47 people.
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Around 40 people were killed in an explosion and fire at a bar in the Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana
Dozens of people are presumed dead after a fire broke out at a bar in Switzerland during a New Year’s Eve celebration.
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Mother and two young children die in Boxing Day house fire in Gloucestershire
A mother and her two young children died in a house fire that destroyed their home in the early hours of Boxing Day despite her husband’s efforts to save his family, police said.
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Major fire involving multiple lorries breaks out near Methil Harbour in Fife
A significant fire has erupted near Methil Harbour in Fife, involving multiple lorries and trailers, causing plumes of black smoke.
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Tragedy in Goa: At least 25 killed in midnight fire at popular nightclub
Fire broke out at midnight in Arpora, North Goa district, according to reports, with victims mostly kitchen workers according to chief minister.
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More than 100 killed in Hong Kong high-rise inferno as blaze tears through bamboo-scaffolded tower blocks
More than 100 people have been killed after a fire spread through a number of tower blocks in Hong Kong.
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Deadliest blaze in decades forces Hong Kong to pause public life
The fire, which began just before 3pm and quickly swept through the bamboo-scaffolded Wang Fuk Court complex, plunged Hong Kong into mourning. In response, leader John Lee has cancelled or postponed all major citywide events.
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Thirteen killed and more than a thousand evacuated as massive fire engulfs high-rise housing estate in Hong Kong’s Tai Po district
Thirteen people have died and at least 15 others were injured after a massive fire tore through several high-rise apartment blocks at the Wang Fuk Court housing estate in Hong Kong’s northern Tai Po district.
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Fire at COP30 forces mass evacuation and halts climate negotiations
A massive fire during discussions at the COP30 climate summit paused negotiations for a more sustainable future.
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Industrial blast near Buenos Aires leaves at least 15 hospitalised and hundreds of flights disrupted
At least 15 people have been taken to the hospital with injuries following a huge explosion in an industrial estate outside Buenos Aires.
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Fire engulfs Exeter City’s St James Park after £3.4m stadium redevelopment
A fire ripped through Exeter City FC’s stadium last night after a recent major redevelopment worth £3.4 million.
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Car explosion near Delhi’s Red Fort kills at least eight, injures 20
A car explosion outside the historic Red Fort monument in Delhi has killed at least eight people and started a fire in the surrounding area, according to police.
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Council and authorities accused of inaction over industrial-scale dump
That smell of maggots, rotting food, and maggots, that’s what my house smells like.
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Major fire shuts A2 in Kent causing travel chaos
A significant fire has broken out on the eastbound A2 in Kent, causing chaos and necessitating a complete closure between the A227 Gravesend junction and M2 Junction 1 at Rochester.
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Massive blaze near Forest Hill station causes travel chaos in south London
A huge fire broke out this evening at a shop on Perry Vale, near Forest Hill Station in South London, prompting a major emergency response.
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Three dead after light aircraft crashes at Shellharbour Airport in NSW
Three people have died in a plane crash at Shellharbour Airport in the Lake Illawarra area of NSW.
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Poundland on High Street, Penge, remains at risk of collapsing after fire
Business owners have been told a Poundland on fire in London could ‘collapse any minute’.
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Men set mosque on fire in suspected hate crime in East Sussex
Men allegedly doused a mosque’s entrance with flammable liquid and set it on fire last night in an arson attack soon after evening prayers.
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California refinery turns into giant fireball as Chevron struggles to contain chaos
A large fire broke out Thursday night at a Chevron refinery in El Segundo, a city south of Los Angeles, officials said.