All news on the topic: Fire

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'Tourists fleeing wildfires have no idea how lucky they are'
People with the wealth and power to pollute have the privilege of getting rescued from the effects of it, says Fleet Street Fox. Migrants whose countries have turned to war-torn desert are told to lump it
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'Rhodes wildfires show climate crisis risks - act now, or it will get worse'
The Daily Mirror's Environment Editor, Nada Farhoud, says the climate crisis is made worse by wildfires, which ravage carbon-rich ecosystems, turning them into tinderboxes
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Brit families' agony as they flee Rhodes wildfires - as Corfu evacuations begin
Around 19,000 people have so far been evacuated as authorities launched the biggest rescue mission in Greece’s history - and with temperatures of 45C ­forecast, the situation could get even worse
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'People stranded in Rhodes due to wildfires need urgent help to get home'
The generosity of the Greek people is heartwarming - but questions must be asked about the funding of a Greek fire service with too little equipment and personnel
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Family trapped in wildfire hell slept in stadium in swimwear after luggage lost
Claire McNally and her family were stranded on a beach for hours before being moved to a sports stadium hours away where they slept in their swimwear after abandoning their hotel in Lardos, Rhodes
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Rhodes wildfires sees holidaymakers stranded on beaches as fire rages behind
Around 2,000 people have been rescued by boats as a rapidly spreading wildfire on the Greek island forced hundreds to flee their resorts and hotels on Saturday
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Terrified Brits left to fend for themselves after fleeing wildfire 'warzone'
One family from Liverpool fled their Rhodes hotel in terror after it was caught by a spreading wildfire on Saturday, a family friend told The Mirror, before becoming stranded in the island's airport
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TUI says flights operating as normal while crying Brits flee burning hotels
Travel firm TUI have issued guidance to customers after Brits were forced to flee their hotels to safety amid rapidly-spreading wildfires on the Greek island of Rhodes
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Tourists flee hotels and resorts evacuated as huge blaze tears through island
Hundreds have been evacuated from hotels while beachgoers have been put onto boats as firefighters on the island of Rhodes battle what is thought to be the most dangerous of several wildfires blighting Greece at the moment
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Woman dies in house fire after firefighters pull her from window
A woman, 50, was killed in a horrific house fire in Moston, Manchester, on Thursday, despite the heroic efforts of firefighters who pulled her from an upstairs window
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Inferno guts Brighton hotel as battle to contain blaze enters third day
The strong winds have fuelled the flames and spread smoke across the city, with authorities now having to make the decision whether to demolish the Royal Albion Hotel
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Huge blaze breaks out at Brighton seafront hotel people told to stay away
A team of twelve fire appliances are battling a major blaze at the Royal Albion Hotel in Brighton, East Sussex, this evening as residents were urged to stay away from the area
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Major incident declared as blaze rips through takeaway and baby treated
Emergency crews are dealing with a blaze at a takeaway shop
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Huge fire blows toxic smoke over county as residents ordered to 'close windows'
Crews with Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue are in attendance of a large blaze at a building in the rural Ilchester area of Somerset tonight and are concerned about "potentially toxic fumes"
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Dozens of animals killed after 'devastating' fire rips through wildlife centre
A "devastating" fire has broken out at the Alligator & Wildlife Discovery Center in Madeira Beach, Florida, claiming the lives of dozens of mammals and reptiles
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Incredible transformation of town burnt to ground by wildfires last year
Around 100 firefighters battled the blaze which reduced 19 homes to ashes, scorched the earth and left burned-out wrecks of cars in East London last year
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Horror as six people killed and 81 injured as fire rips through retirement home
Six people have been killed with scores injured, two of them in critical condition, after an inferno tore through a retirement home in Milan, Italy
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Two firefighters killed and multiple people injured after huge blaze on ship
Firefighters were called to Port Newark in New Jersey, US, to tackle the blaze which broke out on Wednesday night after a mayday call was issued by the captain
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Firefighter killed trying to put out underground car park blaze amid Paris riots
Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said the 24-year-old died in Saint-Denis, in the northern suburbs of Paris, after another night of violence in France sparked by a teen's death
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Woman and two children killed in horror fire named as man left fighting for life
Police in Cambridge have named the mum and her two children who died in a tragic fire which broke out at a flat on Friday morning, which has also left a fourth person critically injured
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Two children and woman killed as fire rips through flat in middle of night
Two children, a boy aged four and a girl aged eight, along with a woman in her 30s all died in a house fire in Cambridge that began in the early hours of Friday morning
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Huge blaze tears through refurbished iconic Tiffany's building in New York City
Images show smoke billowing from the newly refurbished iconic Tiffany's building in Fifth Avenue, Manhattan New York - fire crews report a 'high voltage electrical fire' in the basement
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Tragedy as seven-year-old dies in overnight mobile home fire
A seven-year-old boy tragically died in a mobile home fire in Denham Springs, Louisiana, and an investigation is underway to determine the cause of the fire
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Building collapses as firefighters and search dogs hunt for people in rubble
Emergency services were called to Gloucester Drive in north London at around noon following reports a building had partially collapsed, sparking fears people were trapped
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Huge cooking gas explosion leaves 31 people dead at Chinese barbecue restaurant
The blast, which occurred on a busy street in Yinchuan in the northwest of the country injured a further seven people, according to authorities