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Hundreds flee homes as California wildfire ragesA wind-driven wildfire raging along the California coast north of Los Angeles prompted the evacuation of hundreds of homes and a university campus on Thursday as flames engulfed several farm buildings and recreational vehicles near threatened ne More… |
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Bahrain to set up task force for building safetyBahrain will set up an emergency task force to enforce building safety, following a series of fatal blazes, a report said. This came as HRH Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa chaired the weekly Cabinet meeting yes More… |
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13 workers killed in Bahrain blaze horrorThirteen workers were yesterday burnt to death in a fire that raged through a three-storey building used as a bachelor's camp in Manama, Bahrain's capital. The victims of the blaze, in t More… |
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Over 100 killed in Bangladesh factory blazeFire swept through a garment factory on the outskirts of Bangladesh's capital killing more than 100 people, the fire brigade said on Sunday, in the country's worst-ever factory blaze. Wo More… |
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33 killed in India factory blazeA massive blaze swept through a fireworks factory in south Indian state of Tamil Nadu on Wednesday, killing at least 33 people and injuring dozens more, some with serious burns, police said. Most of the dead were workers in the factory More… |
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84 killed in India hospital blazeA fire tore through a seven-story private hospital in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata before dawn Friday, killing at least 84 people, most of them intensive care patients who were asleep and suffocated in the fumes. Thick smoke engulfed More… |
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UK motorway crash leaves several deadSeveral people were killed in a multi-car crash which caused explosions and a fireball on the M5 motorway in the southwest of England, police and media said. About 27 vehicles including cars and lorries were involved in the crash on the mo More… |
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RWI on track to deliver $13.6m Gulf ordersRubber World Industries (RWI), a leading manufacturer of closed-cell rubber insulation 'Gulf-O-flex', said it is on track to deliver products worth Dh40 million ($13.6 million) to customers across the Gulf region by year end after the recent Ajman More… |
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Big warehouse blaze at Heathrow, flights normalA fire engulfed a warehouse used by Emirates Airline at Heathrow Airport outside London on Friday, a fire brigade spokesman said, but flights from the busy British international air hub were not affected. 'A significant part of the bui More… |
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10 killed, 15 injured in Syria blazeA fire broke out in a commercial building in northern Syria killing 10 people and leaving 15 others injured on Friday, said the country's official news agency. The fire swept through a five-storey building in the city of Aleppo, some 355 k More… |
