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The blaze broke out when workers were uninstalling steel frames of the facility as part of relocation

Tokyo, Sept. 15 (Jiji Press)--Chubu Electric Power Co. said Tuesday that a fire occurred on the day at its idled Hamaoka nuclear power plant in central Japan. The fire caused no injury or had no impact on the safety of the plant in Shizuoka Prefecture, the company said. Around 10:40 a.m., a worker spotted a small fire in a control panel in a building for power disconnection and connectio...

A fire in La Bota, northern Quito, burned from 3pm Monday until midnight. Twenty-three families were evacuated as a precaution. The post Quito Fire Forces 23 Families From Homes in La Bota appeared first on The Rio Times.

Two members of the family are undergoing treatment for injuries

Memorial services were held for at least 28 children who were killed after a fire spread to their school in DR Congo.

Victims of a deadly fire and stampede at a school in Bukavu, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, have been laid to rest. Relatives and members of the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group gathered to pay tribute.

Bukavu held a mass funeral on Monday, 14 September, for 26 children killed in a school fire and subsequent stampede three days earlier, as UNICEF and local authorities called for an investigation into the disaster.

The fatal fire at the Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub in Arpora, North Goa, on December 6, 2025, claimed 25 lives and left several others injured

A fire and stampede at a school in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo killed at least 26 children, the UN children's agency said on Friday, with some pupils leaping from windows on high floors to escape the carnage.

The facility had faced fines and enforcement proceedings over regulatory violations since 2019.

Ten people were evacuated from the home in Araucanía region in central Chile.

Officials are not ruling out "outside interference", while the company says the blaze at its site was sabotage.

Inmates rioted following protests in the city of Kobane over the killing of former Kurdish fighter, state media reports.

Bulgaria is investigating the cause of a fire at a weapons storage facility operated by EMCO, including the possibility of sabotage and a link to a previous blaze at another of the company’s facilities in August, the interior minister said. No ‌injuries were reported in the fire, which broke out near the village of Tsareva Livada and lit up the night sky, according to videos broadcast locally. The incident came weeks after an explosion and fire at another EMCO weapons depot in western...

A fire at a school in the Democratic Republic of the Congo killed 28 students and destroyed homes across a neighbourhood

An apparently accidental fire destroyed about 40 shacks at a migrant camp in Ceuta, local media reported, but caused no injuries, Spanish police told AFP on Friday. The North African enclave saw tens of thousands of migrants arrive from Morocco in late July. 

Dozens of passengers are missing after a fire tore through a ferry in the Philippines, killing at least 5 people.

Hundreds of people fled a massive fire that destroyed dozens of migrant shelters in Ceuta, Spain.

Residents in the rebel-controlled city of Bukavu have been reeling in the aftermath of a fire that tore through two schools and proved deadly.

At least 25 people were killed after a fire broke out aboard a ship at a shipyard in China.

Authorities say at least 14 school children have been killed after fire ravaged schools in the DR Congo.

A devastating fire has struck the city of Bukavu, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The blaze, which broke out in the densely populated Kadutu district, killed at least 24 schoolchildren and destroyed two schools as well as more than 300 homes, according to a provisional toll from local autho

Victims from the fire in AFC/M23-held Bukavu include primary school students, say officials and media reports.

Fire breaks out on ship being repaired in the port of Qingdao, eastern China.

President Xi Jinping has called for urgent search and rescue efforts.

A foreign cargo ship caught fire on Thursday morning while docked for repairs in the eastern Chinese city of Qingdao, causing heavy casualties, state broadcaster CCTV reported. The report did not mention the number of killed or injured. President Xi Jinping has given orders to find those missing in the fire. More to follow...

The fire broke out as the vessel nearing its destination at the tourist hotspot of Coron in Palawan.

At least five people were killed and 87 remain unaccounted for after a fire erupted aboard a ferry near a tourist hotspot in the Philippine province of Palawan, the coastguard said on Thursday. The fire aboard the MV June Aster broke out on Wednesday evening about 2.2km (1.3 miles) offshore, the coastguard said, adding that five casualties had been brought ashore. Video shared by the coastguard on social media showed the vessel completely engulfed in flames. “Based on the data we have right now...

A brush fire sent smoke rising over the 405 freeway in Los Angeles on Wednesday, prompting evacuation warnings in the Brentwood and Bel Air areas and forcing the Getty Center to close to visitors and staff.