Saudi Airlines flight with 297 passengers catches fire, makes emergency landing at Peshawar airport
Jul 11, 2024, at 10:59 pm
Peshawar: A Saudi Airlines flight from Riyadh ignited upon landing at Bacha Khan International Airport in Peshawar on Thursday, leading to a rapid evacuation of all passengers and crew, according to a statement from the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).
South Korea: 18 Chinese citizens killed in lithium battery factory explosion near Seoul
Jun 24, 2024, at 11:55 pm
Seoul: At least 22 people, including 18 Chinese nationals, were charred to death in a fire at a South Korean lithium battery factory on Monday, media reported.
US: Man opens fire in Michigan children's park, injures several including 8-year-old
Jun 16, 2024, at 04:21 pm
Two children, including an 8-year-old, were among several injured when a gunman opened fire at a children's water park in US' Michigan on Saturday evening.
Fire breaks out at nursing home in China, 3 die
Apr 04, 2024, at 09:00 pm
Three were killed and 10 others were injured in a fire that broke out at a nursing home in south China's Guangdong Province on Thursday, said local authorities.
Bangladesh building fire leaves 44 dead
Mar 01, 2024, at 02:37 pm
At least 44 people, including 26 women and three children, died after a fire broke out at the seven-storey Green Cozy Cottage Shopping Mall in Bangladesh capital Dhaka on Thursday.
Feb 26, 2024, at 03:12 pm
An active-duty member of the US Air Force on Sunday set himself on fire outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington DC, media reports said.
Building fire in China leaves 15 dead
Feb 24, 2024, at 02:40 pm
At least fifteen people died after a building fire broke out Friday morning in Nanjing, capital city of east China's Jiangsu Province, the municipal government said on Saturday morning.
Bangladesh: Four killed in capital train coach fire
Dec 19, 2023, at 06:36 pm
Dhaka/UNI: At least four people were killed after miscreants set three coaches of a train on fire in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka early Tuesday.
South Africa: 74 die in Johannesburg 'hijacked' building fire
Sep 01, 2023, at 04:17 pm
At least 74 people, including 12 children, died as a fire broke out at a five-storey building in the South African city of Johannesburg, media reports said on Friday.
China: Nine killed, two hurt as fire breaks out at inn in Liping County
Aug 18, 2023, at 02:15 pm
At least nine people were killed and two others injured after a fire broke out early Friday at an inn in Liping County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, said the local emergency management authority.
Death toll in Hawaii wildfire touches 67
Aug 12, 2023, at 03:36 pm
The death toll due to the Hawaii wildfires has touched 67, making it one of the deadliest natural disasters in the history of the region.
Hawaii: Wildfire death toll rises to 53
Aug 11, 2023, at 02:50 pm
Los Angeles: At least 53 people have been confirmed dead in the devastating hurricane-driven wildfires in Hawaii's Maui Island, authorities said on Thursday.
Iran: 3 injured in marketplace fire in Tehran
Jun 07, 2023, at 06:37 pm
Tehran/UNI: A fire broke out at the largest marketplace in Iran's capital Tehran, injuring at least three people, Iranian Students' News Agency reported.
21 dead in Beijing hospital fire
Apr 19, 2023, at 07:18 pm
Beijing, Apr 19 (UNI) Twenty-one people have been confirmed dead following a hospital fire in Beijing's Fengtai District, according to the district's fire and rescue department.
Pakistan: Massive explosion sparks fire at Sialkot ammunition storage area
Mar 20, 2022, at 06:19 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: A massive explosion occurred in the northern Pakistani city of Sialkot, media reports said on Sunday.
Fire at South African thermal power plant near Johannesburg : Operator
Sep 12, 2021, at 04:15 am
Pretoria/UNI/SPUTNIK: A fire has occurred at a large thermal power plant near the city of Johannesburg in South Africa, the Eskom energy company, the plant’s owner and operator, said on Saturday.
Thailand: Powerful blast results in massive fire at chemical factory
Jul 05, 2021, at 05:01 pm
Bangkok/UNI/Sputnik: A powerful explosion occurred at a plastic foam factory in Thailand’s Bang Phli district early on Monday, resulting in the injury of at least 21 people, the Bangkok Post reports.
Hundreds evacuated in Western Canada village after fire adds to already grim heat wave situation
Jul 02, 2021, at 05:09 am
Vancouver/Canada/IBNS: Hundreds of people were evacuated from a Western Canada village as fire broke out in addition to the unprecedented heat wave in the region, which led to record-breaking temperature for days.
Eight missing in Shanghai factory fire
Apr 23, 2021, at 07:14 am
Shanghai/Xinhua: Eight people, including two firefighters, have gone missing in a fire that broke out at a factory in Shanghai Thursday afternoon, local authorities said Friday.
Major fire erupts in "abandoned warehouse" in French northern port Le Havre
Oct 25, 2020, at 04:39 am
Paris/Xinhua: A major fire broke out on Saturday afternoon in an abandoned warehouse in Le Havre, a port city in northern France, police said.
Pakistan: 73 killed in Tezgam express fire
Oct 31, 2019, at 02:46 pm
Islamabad/UNI: At least 73 people were killed and several injured when the Tezgam Express caught fire in Liaquatpur near Rahim Yar Khan in Pakistan on Thursday.
Canada: Two school buses catch fire in St-Eustache, dozens of children hospitalised
Jul 24, 2019, at 08:12 pm
Montreal, July 24 (IBNS): Around 70 people were hospitalised as two school buses in St-Eustache caught fire on a highway near St-Eustache on Tuesday morning, media reports said.
Massive forest fire breaks out in Sri Lanka
Jul 08, 2019, at 04:44 pm
Colombo, Jul 8 (Xinhua/UNI) The Sri Lanka Airforce on Monday dispatched a Bell 212 helicopter to douse a massive forest fire which broke out in the Maragala Mountain area in Moneragala, in the Uva Province over the weekend, local media reports said.
UNESCO experts ready to assist reconstruction of iconic Notre Dame, following devastating blaze
Apr 17, 2019, at 09:12 am
New York, Apr 17 (IBNS): Two-thirds of the largely medieval roof of Notre Dame cathedral in Paris have “gone” after the devastating fire in Paris on Monday evening, but UN cultural experts are standing by to offer help where it is needed in rebuilding the iconic structure.
French heritage foundation launches fundraising campaign to rebuild blaze-hit Notre Dame
Apr 16, 2019, at 09:57 am
Moscow, Apr 16 (Sputnik/UNI) The French heritage foundation has launched a fundraising campaign to help rebuild the landmark Notre Dame cathedral that was hit by major blaze.
Notre Dame fire 'under control', French President Macron vows to rebuild it
Apr 16, 2019, at 09:01 am
Paris, Apr 16 (IBNS): Firefighters have worked for several hours to bring the fire, which broke out at the medieval cathedral of Notre-Dame in French capital Paris, under control on Tuesday as the country's President Emmanuel Macron vowed to rebuild the iconic structure which is visited by thousands of people every year.
Paris: Massive fire rages at the famous Notre-Dame cathedral, area cordoned off
Apr 15, 2019, at 11:36 pm
Paris, Apr 15 (IBNS): Firefighters are working to put out a massive fire at the famous Notre-Dame cathedral here in the French capital.
One dead, one injured in Bangkok shopping mall fire
Apr 10, 2019, at 08:00 pm
Bangkok, Apr 10 (Xinhua): At least one person died and another was severely injured after the duo jumped off from a shopping mall on fire in downtown Bangkok on Wednesday, local media Thairath reported.
Fire breaks out at Dhaka highrise, people trapped inside
Mar 28, 2019, at 03:10 pm
Dhaka, Mar 28 (Xinhua): A massive fire broke out in a high-rise commercial building in Bangladeshi capital Dhaka's upmarket Banani on Thursday afternoon, leaving unknown number of people trapped, fire service personnel said.
At least 80 left dead in Bangladesh's Dhaka fire
Feb 21, 2019, at 09:55 pm
Dhaka, Feb 21 (UNI/IBNS): At least 80 people on Thursday died after a massive fire engulfed apartment buildings that also housed chemical warehouses in the old city of Bangladesh capital Dhaka.