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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.
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.
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
Fire breaks out on ship being repaired in the port of Qingdao, eastern China.
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...
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.
Hong Kong’s Buildings Department has filed 259 charges against two companies and four individuals over major renovation works at the inferno-ravaged Wang Fuk Court, after investigations found non-fire-retardant materials were used and safety obligations were not met. The department said on Wednesday that the charges included allegedly permitting or authorising the use of substandard materials or materials in breach of the Buildings Ordinance, as well as failing to properly supervise repair...
Assessment done by International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation on the vessel’s containers that fell into the sea in June 2025 incident
The fire broke out at around midnight in the Shyam Sangini textile market and affected shops located on its sixth floor, says officials
Twelve people have died after a fire ripped through a wedding party in the capital of Democratic Republic of Congo, the government said on Sunday.
A fire broke out at a ski resort in Chile’s mountainous Nuble region.
An Amazon cargo plane barrelled off a runway at Miami International Airport on Sunday, striking multiple vehicles and bursting into flames in a crash that sent thick black smoke billowing into the sky and forced the closure of all runways at one of the nation’s busiest airports. More than 60 Miami-Dade Fire Rescue units responded to the crash, arriving to find the aircraft on fire as crews worked to extinguish the flames and assess patients. Officials had not yet released information on injuries...
Um incêndio de grandes proporções que começou na noite de sábado (5) atingiu 320 boxes do pavilhão MFE-A, onde são comercializadas frutas na Companhia de Entrepostos e Armazéns Gerais de São Paulo (Ceagesp). O fogo começou por volta das 23h e foi combatido durante cerca de três horas e meia por 16 viaturas do corpo de bombeiros, além de funcionários do local. O incêndio foi considerado extinto no começo da manhã. Segundo a assessoria da Ceagesp, não houve vítimas. A companhia informou que o entreposto está aberto, incluindo o Varejão, feira que aos domingos. Somente as áreas próximas ao pavilhão afetado permanecem isoladas para o trabalho de rescaldo dos bombeiros e da perícia, que irá determinar as causas do incêndio. A área afetada armazenava frutas, principalmente melancias. De acordo com a Ceagesp, a extensão dos impactos deve ser conhecida ao longo da semana, assim como as alternativas para que os comerciantes voltem a atuar. Segundo a Defesa Civil foram constatados “danos generalizados, com estruturas metálicas retorcidas e comprometimento de todo o quarteirão composto por galpões”.