Tag: fire
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Passengers seen on wing of plane after jet catches fire
Read Latest News Passengers were evacuated from an American Airlines flight after the plane caught fire at Denver International Airport on Thursday. Footage shows smoke billowing from the aircraft and passengers standing on the plane’s wing. There were no reports of serious injuries, although the airport later confirmed 12 people were taken to hospital for…
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Boeing passenger jet catches fire after engine fault forces American Airlines flight to divert to Denver | US News
Read Latest News A passenger jet with 178 people on board has caught fire after developing an engine fault and being forced to divert to Denver. The American Airlines flight 1006, on a Boeing 737-800, was travelling from Colorado Springs to Dallas Fort Worth when the crew reported engine vibrations, said the Federal Aviation Administration…
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Wellingborough girl, 13, charged with murder of woman after fire
Read Latest News A 13-year-old girl has been charged with murdering a woman following a house fire. Police said the woman’s body was discovered at the address in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, on Monday night. Officers said the girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons, has also been charged with arson with attempt to endanger life.…
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Footage shows oil tanker and cargo ship on fire in North Sea
Read Latest News Footage shows a rescue operation after an oil tanker and a cargo vessel collided in the North Sea off the coast of Hull. The two ships involved are the oil tanker MV Stena Immaculate and a cargo ship called Solong. The Immaculate was carrying jet fuel, which the company that owns the…
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Passengers travelling to Heathrow Airport face delays on M4 after car catches fire in tunnel | UK News
Read Latest News Passengers travelling to Heathrow Airport are facing delays on the road after a vehicle caught fire in a tunnel. “Due to an earlier vehicle fire, road access to Terminals 2 and 3 is partially restricted,” the airport said in a post on X. “Passengers are advised to leave more time travelling to…
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Lesma-Rose Wibier: Tributes to girl who died in Manchester house fire – as woman arrested | UK News
Read Latest News A four-year-old girl who died in a house fire in Manchester has been named. Lesma-Rose Wibier was pulled from the blaze at the property on Gateshead Close, Rusholme, on Sunday afternoon, Greater Manchester Police said. She later died from her injuries in hospital. Image: The scene of the fire in Manchester. A…
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Fire crews tackle central London blaze
Read Latest News Around 40 firefighters are tackling a fire in central London, with smoke seen spreading across the capital’s skyline. Crews were called to a fire at a mixed-use building near Tottenham Street at 07:43 GMT on Thursday, the London Fire Brigade (LFB) said. Six fire engines are in attendance. The LFB urged people…
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Fire alarm in the classroom | Politics News
Read Latest News 👉Listen to Politics At Jack And Sam’s on your podcast app👈 Sky News’ deputy political editor Sam Coates and Politico’s Anne McElvoy have their guide to the day ahead in British politics. As Matt Wrack, a former hard-left firefighter is endorsed as the the next leader of one of the two main…
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Serbia’s opposition under fire for smoke and flare protest in parliament
Read Latest News The cleaners had scrubbed the debating chamber clean before MPs arrived for Wednesday’s session in Serbia’s National Assembly. Spent smoke bombs, smears of egg yolk and a dusting of white fire extinguisher powder had all been removed from the benches and tables after the mayhem of the previous day. The police had…
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Tesla charging stations set on fire as backlash against Elon Musk intensifies | US News
Read Latest News Tesla charging stations have been set on fire in the US state of Massachusetts as a backlash against Elon Musk grows. Demonstrators have been protesting against his close ties to Donald Trump and embrace of far-right politicians around the world. Officers and firefighters rushed to The Point Shopping Center near Boston and…
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Thousands evacuated as Japan’s biggest fire in decades continues to burn
Read Latest News Japan has deployed more than 2,000 firefighters to battle the country’s biggest forest fire in three decades. At least one person has died in the blaze, which has torched more than 5,200 acres around the northern Japanese city of Ofunato since Thursday, according to the Fire and Disaster Management Agency (FDMA). Although…
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Third man charged with murder after Bradford house fire in 2024
Read Latest News A third man has been charged with murder following a house fire which killed a mother and her three children. Bryonie Gawith, 29, Denisty Birtle, nine, Oscar Birtle, five, and 22-month-old Aubree Birtle died following the blaze at their home on Westbury Road, Bradford, on 21 August last year. Sharaz Ali, 39,…
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Third man charged with murder over house fire that killed mother and her three children | UK News
Read Latest News A third man has been charged with murder over a house fire that killed a mother and her three children in Bradford last year. Bryonie Gawith, 29, Denisty Birtle, nine, Oscar Birtle, five, and 22-month-old Aubree Birtle were killed in the fire on 21 August 2024. Sharaz Ali, from Bradford, has been…
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Girl, 4, dies in Manchester house fire – as woman arrested on suspicion of arson | UK News
Read Latest News A woman has been arrested on suspicion of arson after a four-year-old girl died in a house fire in Manchester. Greater Manchester Police said the girl was rescued from the property in Gateshead Close, but suffered serious injuries. A police spokesperson said: “Sadly, despite the best efforts of all those involved, the…
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Flat owner hit with £65,000 fire safety bill as block too short for funding
Read Latest News Danielle Codd Business reporter BBC Tom says he worries constantly about how he’s going to pay to make his building safe Flat owners are being hit with huge bills for fire safety work because their blocks are not tall enough to qualify for funding announced after the Grenfell Tower fire. The previous…
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Sherlock, London’s longest-serving fire dog, to retire
Read Latest News A dog that joined London Fire Brigade at only 10 weeks old is retiring after becoming its longest-serving fire investigation dog. Sherlock, a cocker spaniel, attended the Grenfell Tower fire and met royalty during his 12 years of service. He is trained to identify the presence of up to 10 flammable liquids,…
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Police in Greece fire tear gas as protest marking deadly train crash anniversary turns violent | World News
Read Latest News Greek police have fired tear gas at demonstrators throwing petrol bombs after a protest marking the anniversary of the country’s worst-ever train crash turned violent. Tens of thousands of demonstrators gathered in central Athens on Friday to demand justice two years after the deadly crash. Fifty-seven people were killed when a passenger…
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Seven organisations to be investigated over Grenfell Tower fire
Read Latest News Tom Symonds News correspondent PA Media Seven organisations will be investigated over the Grenfell Tower disaster and all 58 recommendations of a public inquiry will be met, the government says. Those organisations could be prevented from bidding for public contracts, while two existing bodies will be merged to form a single building…
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Large fire near Wythenshawe Hospital mostly extinguished | UK News
Read Latest News A large fire on an industrial estate near Wythenshawe Hospital in Manchester has been mostly extinguished. The fire service said this morning it was tackling a blaze “involving heavy good vehicles” on Ennis Close and advised locals to keep windows and doors shut. An update on X at lunchtime said the situation…
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Huge lorry fire breaks out on industrial estate
Read Latest News A large lorry fire has broken out on an industrial estate, the fire service has said. Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS) said its firefighters were tackling a blaze “involving heavy goods vehicles” on Ennis Close, Wythenshawe. GMFRS said “residents are advised to keep their windows and doors closed and to…
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Fire damage caused by air fryers typically around £30k, warns insurer | Money News
Read Latest News Insurance claims following fires caused by air fryers are running into tens of thousands of pounds, an insurer has warned. The typical claim for 2024 was £29,555, according to Aviva, but in one case it was as high as £80,000. It has reported incidents where fire and smoke damage has spread to…
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Chiltern Firehouse: Fire at luxury London hotel ‘started from pizza oven’ | UK News
Read Latest News A fire that ripped through a luxury central London hotel popular with celebrities started accidentally from a pizza oven, the London Fire Brigade (LFB) has said. Chiltern Firehouse was partially destroyed by the Valentine’s Day fire, which began when burning wood fell from the oven, “igniting the void between the basement and…
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Pizza oven was cause of fire
Read Latest News A fire that tore through a luxury London hotel favoured by celebrities was caused by wood falling from a pizza oven. The Chiltern Firehouse in Marylebone, which was due to host a post-Bafta Film Awards party on Sunday evening, was partially destroyed by the fire on 14 February. The flames spread through…
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Trump makes first Supreme Court appeal in test of his power to fire officials
Read Latest News Reuters Hampton Dellinger was fired in a one-sentence email this month President Donald Trump’s attempts to shrink the federal bureaucracy are heading to the Supreme Court, according to US media. He has filed an emergency appeal to the country’s highest court to rule on whether he can fire the leader of an…
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Netflix moves afterparty after Chiltern Firehouse fire
Read Latest News Reuters Netflix has been forced to move its Bafta Film Awards afterparty after the original venue was evacuated due to a fire. Scores of firefighters took more than five hours to tackle the blaze on Friday at the Chiltern Firehouse, a five-star hotel in Marylebone in central London. The streaming giant will…
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‘Russian’ drone smashes hole in Chernobyl protective shield and starts fire | World News
Read Latest News A drone with an explosive warhead has smashed a hole in the radiation shield at the Chernobyl nuclear plant in Ukraine. The plant’s chief engineer, Alexander Titarchuk, said there was a “possibility of a leak of radioactive substances, but the situation is under control”. “The barrier which was supposed to prevent the…
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Dozens evacuated as fire breaks out at hotel
Read Latest News About 100 people have been evacuated from a five-star hotel in central London as a fire continues to burn through the building. Twenty fire engines and about 125 firefighters were called to tackle the blaze at Chiltern Firehouse in Marylebone, London Fire Brigade (LFB) said. The fire started at about 14:50 GMT…
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Fire breaks out at Chiltern Firehouse luxury hotel popular with celebrities | UK News
Read Latest News Around 100 people have been evacuated after a fire broke out at a luxury London hotel. Twenty fire engines and around 125 firefighters were called to the blaze at the Chiltern Firehouse, on Chiltern Road, in Marylebone today, the London Fire Brigade (LFB) said tonight. Officers were first called at 2.52pm and…
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LA vehicle swept into ocean as rain hits fire ravaged area
Read Latest News Large debris and mud flow pushed a Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) vehicle into the Pacific Ocean in Malibu on Thursday. The LAFD member was able to exit his car and went to hospital with minor injures, fire officials said. The storm brought torrential rain to LA County, impacting fire ravaged neighbourhoods…
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Fire breaks out at Vale of Glamorgan primary school, forcing hundreds to be evacuated | UK News
Read Latest News A fire at a school in the Vale of Glamorgan forced around 240 staff, pupils and contractors to be evacuated. South Wales Fire and Rescue Service said no one was injured after the fire broke out at St Athan Primary School. Vale of Glamorgan Council said all staff and pupils exited the building…
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Jimmy Savile’s former mountainside property damaged by fire | UK News
Read Latest News A property formerly owned by paedophile Jimmy Savile has been damaged by fire, according to reports. The property in Glen Coe, Scotland, had been set to be demolished after failed redevelopment plans and years of vandalism. However, at around 5.30pm on Saturday emergency services were called after reports of a blaze at…
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Grenfell Tower fire: Survivor calls on Rayner to reconsider demolition decision | UK News
Read Latest News A survivor of the Grenfell Tower fire has called on Angela Rayner to reconsider her decision to demolish the west London tower block. Bereaved family members and survivors of the 2017 blaze, which killed 72 people, have been critical of the deputy prime minister’s decision, which she delivered to them in a…
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Two teenagers admit starting huge fire at former Crewe print works during summer riots | UK News
Read Latest News Two teenagers have admitted starting a huge fire at a former print works during last summer’s riots – causing widespread disruption and displacing hundreds of people. James Evans, 19, and Justin Keeling, 18, entered the building in Crewe, Cheshire, on the afternoon of Friday 9 August 2024 and set a large pile…
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Starmer under fire amid row over cost of Chagos Islands deal
Read Latest News Sir Keir Starmer has come under fire at PMQs after Mauritius said the UK had agreed to change payment terms in its deal to hand it control of the Chagos Islands. It comes after Mauritian PM Navin Ramgoolam claimed the UK had now agreed to front-load the payments and change how they…
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Bullying and discrimination at fire service
Read Latest News A review of the working culture at Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service has found evidence of bullying, harassment and discrimination, as well as favouritism and nepotism among leaders. The independent reviews were commissioned after similar issues were exposed at South Wales fire service last year. The new review says…
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Two women in critical condition after house fire
Read Latest News BBC Two women are in a critical condition following a fire at a house in Dungannon. Two children, aged seven and 10, are in a stable condition after the blaze in Cunninghams Lane on Monday night. A 21-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of arson after being found on the roof…
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Four rescued from Dungannon house fire
Read Latest News Four people have been rescued form a house fire in Dungannon, in County Tyrone, by police officers. Several PSNI officers have also been treated for smoke inhalation. The Northern Ireland Fire Service (NIFRS) were called to the incident in Cunninghams Lane on Monday night. As fire crews arrived the people had been…
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Grenfell fire families sent letter about unidentified remains | UK News
Read Latest News The families of victims who died in the Grenfell Tower fire said they have been sent letters telling them unidentified human remains are still in storage, and could be their loved ones. “It’s like opening their graves again,” said Sawsan Choucair, who lost six members of her family in the fire. She…
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Suspended engineer accused of forging fire safety certificates for high-rise flats
Read Latest News LinkedIn Mortgage lenders are withdrawing offers to homebuyers with fire safety certificates issued by Adam Kiziak’s company, Tri Fire An expert has been accused of signing off fire safety certificates for flats in high-rise blocks using the credentials and signature of another engineer without permission, the BBC has been told. Adam Kiziak…
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Champions League: Fire breaks out outside Etihad Stadium
Read Latest News A fire has broken out outside the Etihad Stadium ahead of Manchester City’s Champion’s League match with Club Brugge. It appears the fire took place in a temporary merchandise shop and has now been put out. Follow the Champions League live across BBC Sport Source Link ~ Read More News like this…
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Merchandise stand catches fire outside Manchester City’s stadium ahead of Champions League match | UK News
Read Latest News A merchandise stand caught fire outside Manchester City’s stadium ahead of a Champions League game tonight. An area outside the ground was evacuated and video online showed flames and smoke coming from the stand, which is located near the players’ entrance. The blaze started shortly before 6pm, close to where the team…
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Man City: Fire engulfs kiosk at Etihd before Champions League tie
Read Latest News A fire engulfed a merchandise stand outside Etihad Stadium as fans gathered before Manchester City’s Champions League home game against Club Brugge on Wednesday. The fire started in the kiosk near the stadium’s main entrance just before 18:00 GMT as fans gathered for a presentation of the club’s new January signings on…
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Plane catches fire on runway at South Korean airport | World News
Read Latest News A plane caught fire on a runway in South Korea, forcing passengers to use the escape slide to evacuate. The Air Busan plane was set to leave Gimhae International Airport for Hong Kong when its rear parts burst into flames, the country’s transport ministry said. The plane’s 169 passengers, six crew members and…
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Deveca Rose jailed after her four sons died in house fire
Read Latest News A woman has been jailed for 10 years for the manslaughter of her four sons who died in a house fire while she was out shopping. Deveca Rose, 30, had left her two sets of twins alone when a fire ripped through their terraced house in Sutton, south-west London, in December 2021.…
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Mother jailed for 10 years after four boys died in house fire while she was out shopping | UK News
Read Latest News A woman whose four young boys died in a house fire after she went to a supermarket has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. Deveca Rose, 30, was found guilty of the manslaughter of her twins, Leyton and Logan Hoath, aged three, and Kyson and Bryson Hoath, aged four, in October…
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California wildfires: More than 30,000 flee as fire erupts north of Los Angeles | US News
Read Latest News More than 30,000 people have been ordered to leave their homes north of Los Angeles after a new wildfire broke out in California. The latest blaze – dubbed the Hughes Fire – started late on Wednesday morning near Lake Castaic, around 40 miles from the Eaton and Palisades wildfires that devastated parts…
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Eleven die in India as passengers fleeing fire fears hit by another train
Read Latest News At least 11 people have been killed and five injured after they fled rumours of a fire on board their train in India, only to be hit by another train. Railway officials said the passengers got down from the Mumbai-bound train in western Maharashtra state after someone pulled the emergency cord, causing…
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What led to hotel fire disaster at Turkish ski resort?
Read Latest News Merve Kara Kaska BBC Turkish Guests said no fire alarms could be heard and there was no sign of firefighters for a long period The fire that killed at least 76 people at the Grand Kartal Hotel in the early hours of Monday is one of the deadliest disasters of its kind…
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Turkey mourns victims of fatal Bolu hotel fire as efforts to identify them continue
Read Latest News Deadly fire at Turkey ski resort hotel A day of mourning is under way in Turkey for the 76 victims of a fire that engulfed a popular ski resort hotel in the country’s north-west. The fire broke out at the wooden-clad 12-storey Grand Kartal Hotel in Bolu at 03:27 local time (00:27…
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Family’s devastation after flat lost in huge fire
Read Latest News George Carden/BBC Simba Chitsatso, left, and his wife Milly had to flee their home on Saturday night after a huge fire broke out in a shop below their flat A family have told of their devastation after losing nearly all their belongings in a huge fire over the weekend. Simba Chitsatso and…
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Hotel fire at popular ski resort in Turkey kills at least 66 people, interior minister says | World News
Read Latest News A fire at a hotel in a popular ski resort in Turkey has killed at least 66 people, the country’s interior minister has said. Ali Yerlikaya added that at least 51 other people were injured in the fire at the Grand Kartal hotel in the resort of Kartalkaya in the Bolu mountains…
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Home set on fire with pensioner inside
Read Latest News An elderly woman has been taken to hospital after a home was set on fire in Antrim during the early hours of Tuesday. Police received a report that a property in Rathglynn was set alight at about 03:20 GMT. The woman, who is in her 70s, was inside the property at the…
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Turkish ski resort fire at hotel in Bolu leaves 10 dead
Read Latest News Getty Images The fire is thought to have started in the hotel’s restaurant area A fire at a hotel in the Turkish ski resort of Bolu has left 10 people dead and 32 others injured, according to Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya. At least two of the victims died after jumping from the…
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Four rescued after boat catches fire near Pembrokeshire coast | UK News
Read Latest News Four people have been rescued after a boat caught fire off the Pembrokeshire coast. St David’s RNLI launched a lifeboat to the scene and ensured all four were unharmed before escorting them to safety. The lifeboat was launched to the mayday call from a 19-metre-long wind farm support vessel at 5.55am on…
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Drone footage shows fire at one of world’s largest battery plants
Read Latest News A fire has broken out at a Californian power plant housing one of the largest battery energy storage facilities in the world. The blaze began in a building containing lithium-ion batteries on Thursday afternoon, an official at the Monterey County Sheriff’s office said. The Moss Landing power plant, run by Vistra Corp,…
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Altadena resident finds home untouched by fire in LA
Read Latest News One LA resident returned to his house in Altadena to find it was the only surviving building on his street after the Eaton fire destroyed much of his neighbourhood. As he found his home, Enrique Balcazar can be heard crying out, “what have I done to deserve this?” At least 25 people…
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Widow backs calls for fire safety review at Perth recycling site
Read Latest News BBC Magda Szmeichel said fire safety at the factory in Perth should be reviewed The widow of a man killed in an explosion at a recycling centre in Perth is backing calls for a fire safety review at the site, following a fourth blaze in four years. Magda Szmeichel’s husband Slawomir, who…
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LA under new Santa Ana wind fire warning as death toll rises
Read Latest News ‘Your house is on fire’: Moment man’s saved from burning LA home Winds that have fanned wildfires in the US city of Los Angeles are again expected to kick up in the early hours of Wednesday – after a 25th death from the huge, week-long outbreak was confirmed. Forecasters have again identified…
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LA fire victims fear new housing crisis
Read Latest News Getty Images A home in Altadena is reduced to its chimney after being destroyed by the Eaton fire. Michael Storc and his family had just survived a devastating wildfire. Now they have to face a daunting new challenge that he had hoped to never experience again – the Los Angeles housing market.…
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Watch: Huge clouds of water and fire retardant dumped on LA wildfires
Read Latest News Fire crews have been dropping water and fire retardant on blazes around Los Angeles since last week. Source Link ~ Read More News like this ~ Don’t Miss Amazon’s Top Treasures & Fan Favorites! Click to see the hottest picks everyone’s talking about! ~ AliExpress’s Most-Loved Finds Are Here! Don’t miss out…
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LA firefighters desperately try to contain monster Palisades fire
Read Latest News Watch: Palisades Fire spews ‘fire devil’ Firefighters are making an all-out assault to prevent the largest of the deadly wildfires that is threatening Los Angeles from spreading into one of the city’s most exclusive neighbourhoods. Aerial crews have been bombarding the flaming hills with water and fire retardant to hold back the…
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Palisades Fire spews ‘fire devil’
Read Latest News A ‘fire devil’ has been spotted amid the wildfires tearing through Los Angeles. The phenomenon occurs when heat from a wildfire rises quickly, leaving an empty space behind it. Air floods into that gap, creating an updraft that brings the fire with it. An evacuation order has expanded near the Palisades Fire…
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House fire begun by candle wrecks mum-of-four’s Dinas Powys home
Read Latest News Chloe Taylor Chloe Taylor is now staying in a hotel A mother-of-four has described her devastation after her home was wrecked in a fire when a candle fell over in her bedroom. Chloe Taylor, 25, said there was nothing she could to save her house by the time she realised it was…
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Los Angeles fire: Animal rescue groups open their doors to pets as owners flee the flames | US News
Read Latest News Animal rescue groups in California have opened their doors to pets as their owners flee the flames of ongoing wildfires. The Los Angeles fires have claimed at least 11 lives already, with over 150,000 people under evacuation orders. Five major fires continue to burn, and as animal owners flee, they are left…
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Pearls, a power saw and a lawnmower toy: What LA fire survivors went back for
Read Latest News Residents of LA’s Altadena neighbourhood are picking through the rubble after fires destroyed their homes. Source Link ~ Read More News like this ~ Don’t Miss Amazon’s Top Treasures & Fan Favorites! Click to see the hottest picks everyone’s talking about! ~ AliExpress’s Most-Loved Finds Are Here! Don’t miss out on these…
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Anger after fire evacuation alert sent in error to millions in LA
Read Latest News Watch: Residents return to burned homes as LA fires rage on Residents were already on edge as more fires erupted across the Los Angeles region, traumatising millions of people who feel that after four days there’s no end in sight. Then on Thursday afternoon came another jolt in the form of a…
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Spent cartridges found amongst fire wreckage in Los Angeles
Read Latest News The BBC’s Emma Vardy saw bullets strewn over streets while touring the fire damage in Los Angeles, California, on Thursday. Some were spent cartridges while other bullets remained live. When fires were burning the BBC heard bangs, pops and explosions, sounds which may have been bullets going off in the heat. Source…
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BBC reporter assesses destruction by Eaton fire in Altadena
Read Latest News At least five people have died as a result of the Eaton fire in Los Angeles County. The blaze has remained 0% contained, according to officials. During a press conference, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said that “historic winds” created the “perform storm.” In Los Angeles County, roughly 179,783 residents are under…
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Timelapse captures intensity of roaring fire in Palisades
Read Latest News A glimpse of just 90 minutes in the luxury LA neighbourhood ravaged by wildfires. Source Link ~ Read More News like this ~ Don’t Miss Amazon’s Top Treasures & Fan Favorites! Click to see the hottest picks everyone’s talking about! ~ AliExpress’s Most-Loved Finds Are Here! Don’t miss out on these Top…
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Fear and anxiety as people flee Hollywood fire
Read Latest News Christal Hayes Anna Waldman with her three dogs. Raging wildfires surrounding Los Angeles have spread to Hollywood Hills, a residential neighbourhood overlooking the historic Hollywood area of the city. The Sunset fire broke out at around 18:00 (14:00 GMT) local time on Wednesday, covering much of Hollywood in thick smoke and forcing…
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Moment friends abandon house as Palisades fire closes in
Read Latest News Tanner Charles and his friend were at home trying to make his house as fire-proof as possible when the Palisades blaze started closing in. They filmed the moment they were forced to leave, running down a street with multiple burning homes. The Palisades fire, one of several burning in Los Angeles, exploded…
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Ferocious LA fire burns behind CBS reporter
Read Latest News The fire burning in the Pacific Palisades, an affluent Los Angeles neighbourhood near Malibu and Santa Monica, has been growing at an alarming rate. Its trajectory has been fuelled by a fierce wind event – dry winds from the mountains to the north and east and down to the LA coast, which…
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Wahed Invest’s adverts showing banknotes on fire banned
Read Latest News PA Media The posters featured US dollar and euro banknotes on fire Six adverts for an Islamic investment platform showing banknotes on fire have been banned after a regulator ruled they were likely to cause serious offence. The posters for Wahed Invest, seen between September and November on Transport for London (TfL)…
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Palisades fire burns homes as thousands evacuate in LA
Read Latest News The Palisades Fire in Los Angeles, California has triggered mandatory evacuations as a thick, heavy smoke hung over the region. Officials say the blaze grew from 20 acres to more than 200 acres in about 20 minutes after it was reported about 10:30 local time. The growth has been fuelled by a…
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Musk row breathes rare fire into PM’s belly as he attacks ‘poison of the far right’ | Politics News
Read Latest News The prime minister has rarely seemed so passionate as when he answered a question from Sky’s Beth Rigby on Elon Musk’s vitriolic comments about safeguarding minister Jess Phillips, who Musk described as a “witch” who should go to prison. Sir Keir Starmer was speaking at a press conference following a big new year speech…
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Dallas shopping centre fire kills more than 500 animals in pet shop | US News
Read Latest News More than 500 animals have been killed after a fire broke out at a shopping centre. The 579 animals, most of which were small birds, were housed inside a pet shop at the Plaza Latina in Dallas, Texas, where the fire occurred on Friday, the authorities said. The blaze took about two…
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Police identify woman set on fire in deadly New York City attack
Read Latest News Police in New York City have named the woman who was set on fire and burned to death on a subway train in Brooklyn. Authorities on Tuesday identified Debrina Kawam, 61, of New Jersey as the victim of the seemingly random 22 December attack that burned her body beyond recognition. Sebastian Zapeta,…
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Woman’s body found in Norwich home after fire on Boxing Day, police say | UK News
Read Latest News A woman’s body has been found after a house fire in Norwich, police have said. Norfolk Constabulary officers were called to assist the fire service at a property on Carterford Drive at 4.22am on Boxing Day. While attending the scene, the body of a woman was found inside the house. Her age…
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Hundreds protest in Damascus after Syrian Christmas tree set on fire | World News
Read Latest News Hundreds of people have protested in Christian areas of the Syrian capital of Damascus after a video emerged showing hooded fighters setting a Christmas tree on fire elsewhere in the country. “We demand the rights of Christians,” demonstrators chanted as they marched through the city on Christmas Eve. The overthrow of Bashar…
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New York: Sebastian Zapeta charged with murder and arson after woman set on fire on subway | US News
Read Latest News A man has been charged over the death of a woman who was set on fire on a New York subway train. Police and federal officials said Sebastian Zapeta, a 33-year-old Guatemalan citizen, was charged with murder and arson on Monday. He allegedly used a lighter to set fire to the woman’s…
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Flats catch fire after car rammed into Birmingham shop in suspected arson attack | UK News
Read Latest News Flats and a supermarket in Birmingham caught fire after a car smashed into the building in a suspected arson attack, authorities believe. Police say the vehicle was “set alight, causing the shop and flats above to catch fire” in the early hours of Monday. Pictures show a burnt-out 4×4 being extracted from…
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Woman dies after being set on fire on subway train
Read Latest News A suspect has been arrested in New York over the death of a woman who was set on fire on a subway train in Brooklyn. Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch described the incident on Sunday as “one of the most depraved crimes one person could possibly commit against another human being”. She said…
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Woman set on fire while on New York subway | US News
Read Latest News Police have launched a murder investigation after a woman was set on fire while on a subway train in New York. Detectives say the woman was discovered at around 7.30am local time on Sunday after officers on a routine patrol smelled smoke and noticed some commotion on the platform. They found the…
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Battery fire destroys family home days before Christmas
Read Latest News Footage from a doorbell camera showed how quickly the house became engulfed A “devastating” e-bike battery explosion has destroyed a family home days before Christmas, London Fire Brigade (LFB) has said. The fire service has warned e-bikes can be “incredibly dangerous” after the fire in Renshaw Close in Catford, south-east London, on…
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Levi Fishlock: Man who fuelled fire outside migrant hotel given joint highest sentence over UK riots so far | UK News
Read Latest News A rioter who helped fuel a fire outside a hotel housing asylum seekers has been jailed for nine years. It is the joint highest sentence handed down so far over nationwide disorder which erupted after three young girls were killed in a mass stabbing at a dance class in Southport on 29…
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Under-strain prison system to lose thousands of cells for fire safety and security improvements | Politics News
Read Latest News Thousands of prison cells could be left empty because they are not fit for inmates to stay in. It comes at a time when the prison estate is under extreme pressure, with the government already having to extend the prisoner early release scheme to try to free up space – with certain…
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Ilford: Two people taken to hospital after house wrecked by explosion and fire | UK News
Read Latest News Two people have been taken to hospital after a gas explosion at a terraced house in east London. Footage on social media shows the moment of the blast on a residential street in Ilford – which caused a fire that significantly damaged the roof, both of its floors and the loft conversion.…
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‘Dangerous’ Franklin Fire with ‘rapid rate of spread’ threatens homes and university in Malibu | US News
Read Latest News Firefighters have been battling a dangerous and fast-moving blaze in Malibu, California. It is not yet known how the blaze, named the Franklin Fire, started. LA County Fire Department officials estimated that at least 2.6 square miles have been burned, with homes and buildings threatened. Authorities in Malibu also said the fire…
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Cafe partially collapses as fire engulfs building
Read Latest News About 50 firefighters are tackling a fire at a cafe in Dorchester which has caused the building to partially collapse. The fire broke out at The Gorge Cafe on South Street shortly after 03:30 GMT. The blaze had also spread into the roof spaces of two neighbouring properties, Dorset & Wiltshire Fire…
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Melbourne synagogue fire ‘likely’ terror act, police say
Read Latest News A fire which ripped through Melbourne’s Adass Israel synagogue is being treated as a likely terror attack, Australian police say. Three suspects are being hunted over Friday’s early-morning blaze, which left one man with a minor burn to his hand and caused extensive damage. Witnesses say they saw masked figures spreading what…
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Notre-Dame holds first mass since Paris cathedral reopened after 2019 fire | World News
Read Latest News Notre-Dame Cathedral has held its first mass since it reopened following the disastrous fire of 2019. French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte Macron, attended the liturgy at the Paris landmark, along with clergy, dignitaries, and guests. Nearly 170 bishops from France and around the world took part, as well as…
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Man in his forties dies in fire in Kirkby Lonsdale in Cumbria | UK News
Read Latest News A man has died in a fire in Cumbria, with emergency services still at the scene, and people warned to stay away from the town. Cumbria Police said the victim, in his forties, was found in the property in Kirkby Lonsdale where the fire started, and pronounced dead at around 6.30am. The…
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Huge fire engulfs buildings at Livingston industrial estate
Read Latest News West Lothian Council The fire is at Brucefield Industrial Estate, south of Livingston Fire crews are tackling a “significant” blaze which started at a factory and has spread to nearby buildings at an industrial estate near Livingston, West Lothian. They were called to the Brucefield Industrial Estate, Bellsquarry, after 13:30 on Saturday.…
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Tiger Woods: American still has ‘fire’ to compete amid injury issues
Read Latest News Tiger Woods says the “fire still burns to compete” but remains sidelined heading into 2025. Woods, a 15-time major-winner, has not played since The Open in July where he failed to make the cut for the third consecutive major. Five months on, Woods remains sidelined and while the last few years have…
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Man jailed for murdering Ellen Marshall, who died two years after he set her on fire | UK News
Read Latest News A man whose partner died two years after he poured petrol over her and set her on fire has been jailed for life. Mother-of-four Ellen Marshall, who was aged 43 when she died, suffered 80% full-thickness burns to her torso, face, and limbs which required skin grafts, after Leigh Pateman doused her…
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Man jailed for murdering Ellen Marshall, who died two years after he set on fire | UK News
Read Latest News A man whose partner died two years after he poured petrol over her and set her on fire has been jailed for life. Mother-of-four Ellen Marshall, who was aged 43 when she died, suffered 80% full-thickness burns to her torso, face, and limbs which required skin grafts, after Leigh Pateman doused her…
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Leigh Pateman jailed for murdering girlfriend he set on fire
Read Latest News A man whose girlfriend died two years after he poured petrol over her and deliberately set her on fire has been jailed for life. Ellen Marshall suffered 80% burns when Leigh Pateman, 45, doused her and set her alight as she sat in a chair at her home in Skegness, Lincolnshire, during…
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How Paris’s cathedral was restored after fire
Read Latest News Reuters French President Emmanuel Macron has toured Paris’s Notre-Dame cathedral live on TV, giving the public a first look inside the building since much of it was destroyed or damaged in a huge fire in 2019. From the spire to the stained glass, it has been completely transformed. It is not just…
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London Fire Brigade makes ‘significant improvements’
Read Latest News London Fire Brigade London Fire Brigade was placed under an “enhanced level of monitoring” after a damning report in 2022 London Fire Brigade (LFB) has made “significant improvements” to its performance since its last inspection, according to the fire inspectorate’s latest report. His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services…
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First glimpse inside restored Notre-Dame cathedral five years after devastating fire | World News
Read Latest News As the world-famous Notre-Dame cathedral burned in a devastating 2019 fire, Parisians watched on in tears. Now, after more than five years of frenetic reconstruction work, the world has been given a first glimpse inside the revived 12th-century landmark. Today, President Emmanuel Macron is visiting the site to see the restored interiors…