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United Kingdom

Travel chaos after bus fire at UK's Stansted Airport

A bus fire at UK's Stansted Airport has caused flight delays and cancellations. Social media shows a plume of black smoke rising into the sky. The cause of the blaze is as yet unknown.

Russia

Funerals held for victims of Russia's shopping mall fire

Some relatives don't believe the official death toll of 64 and have produced a list of 85 people missing.

Russia

Vladimir Putin visits scene of Siberian shopping mall fire

Russian president declares March 28th will be a day of national mourning.

Russia

Protest in Siberian city of Kemerovo after shopping centre fire

Hundreds of people protested against Russian officials in the Siberian city of Kemerova after the fire on Sunday that killed 64 people. Over 40 of themchildren. Russian government declares day of mourning on March 28

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Russia

Heart-breaking tales from families of shopping centre blaze victims

One man tells how he lost his two children in the blaze at the Winter Cherry mall in Kemorovo. At least 64 people died in the fire.

Russia

Russian fire: Witnesses say there were no alarms or sprinklers

At least 64 people are said to have died when a blaze ripped through a shopping mall

Russia

Reports: 37 feared dead, dozens missing in Siberia mall shopping fire

Up to 37 people have been killed and dozens remained unaccounted for after a fire broke out at a shopping mall in Siberia on Sunday (March 25), reports say.

Australia

Hundreds flee Australian bush fires

Bush and grass fires sweeping across Australia's southeast destroyed homes, killed cattle and forced hundreds to flee on Sunday as dry, hot winds fanned the flames.

Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan fire: 24 killed at drug treatment centre

A fire at a drug abuse treatment centre in Baku, Azerbaijan, has killed 24 people.

United Kingdom

"She had such a big heart"

A 74-year-old woman has died in hospital, seven months after being rescued from her flat during the Grenfell Tower blaze in London.

United Kingdom

Grenfell Tower activists organise 'Three Billboards' stunt in London

Activists drove three signs around the British capital to "raise awareness around the lack of arrests" in the enquiry into the Grenfell Tower fires.

United Kingdom

Grenfell conman jailed for 21 months

Anh Nhu Nguyen was convicted after saying that his wife and son died in London's Grenfell tower disaster.

China

Van catches fire and ploughs through Shanghai pedestrians

The van hit 18 people and injured three critically in a busy part of Shanghai.

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Fire kills 11 at a senior citizens facility in Japan

Eleven people have died in a fire at a home for elderly welfare recipients in northern Japan.

World News

Dozens killed and injured in fire at South Korean geriatric hospital

At least 37 people have been killed and more than 70 injured in a fire in a hospital in South Korea. The blaze is the deadliest in South Korea for the last decade, according to reports. It follows a fire last month which killed 29 people in a high-rise sports centre.

South Korea

More than 40 killed in South Korea hospital blaze

The cause of the fire in the city of Miryang is not yet known

Czech Republic

At least four people have died following a fire at hotel in central Pr

The fire broke out on Saturday evening at the Eurostars David Hotel, situated near the Czech capital's National Theatre.

Czech Republic

Footage shows deadly hotel blaze in Prague

The video shows people sitting on a first floor ledge as smoke billowed out of the building.

World News

Bushfires rage at Sydney's Royal National Park

The emergency services in the state of New South Wales, Australia, are escorting 200 people to safety as two fires raged south of Sydney on Saturday evening.

USA

Firefighter catches child dropped from burning building

The firefighter can be seen catching the child who was tossed down into his arms.