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Pre-dawn fire at Phuket’s Chalong Bay pier destroys 22 speedboats, tour operators left scrambling
A fire broke out and spread rapidly before dawn at a pier in Phuket’s Chalong Bay on Wednesday (Jan 7),…
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Australia heatwave stokes risk of catastrophic bushfires
Some 450 schools in Victoria are set to close on Friday. For Thursday, total fire bans have been issued ‌in…
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Sparklers on champagne bottles blamed for deadly Swiss bar fire
INHALATION BURNS The managing director for the hospitals in the Wallis canton, Eric Bonvin, told AFP the patients brought in…
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Swiss face arduous task of identifying victims of deadly bar fire
CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland: Investigators on Friday (Jan 2) set about the painful task of identifying the burned bodies of a blaze…
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Tears and stunned silence at vigil for Swiss fire victims
A steady stream of people brought candles and flowers; sometimes a single rose, sometimes a large bunch. As the table…
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Fire ravages Amsterdam church on ‘unsettled’ Dutch New Year
It was the last year before an expected ban on unofficial fireworks, so the Dutch bought them in massive quantities.…
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Bangladesh probes cause of massive airport fire
“RESOLUTE RESPONSE” Smoke was still rising from the charred remains on Sunday. “The fire spread to every corner – I…
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Flights suspended at Dhaka airport due to fire in cargo terminal
All flights out of the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka have been suspended following a major fire in the cargo terminal at…
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Indonesia oil tanker catches fire in Batam, killing 10, local police say
JAKARTA: At least 10 people were killed and 18 injured after an oil tanker caught fire early on Wednesday (Oct…
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Bus fire leaves at least 20 people dead in west India
MUMBAI: At least 20 people were killed after a bus caught fire while travelling in the western Indian state of…
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