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Japan

Crew member missing after ferry fire off Japanese coast

One crew member is missing after a passenger ferry caught fire off the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido. Everyone else onboard was rescued after

01/08/2015

West Bank

Palestinian toddler killed in 'terrorist' arson attack, says Israel

An 18-month-old Palestinian boy has been killed in an arson attack in the West Bank. Jewish settlers are suspected to be behind the fire, which also

31/07/2015

Italy

Italy: Rome's Fuimicino airport recovers after another forest fire

Rome’s Fiumicino airport resumed full operations on Wednesday after fire-fighting planes brought a blaze in a nearby pine forest under control. The

29/07/2015

Italy

Rome airport fully operational after forest fire affects flights

29/07/2015

USA

California wildfire burns 1,000 acres

Nearly 300 firefighters are continuing to battle a fast-moving wildfire in Napa County, California, on Wednesday (July 22). According to local

23/07/2015

Spain

Spain: Eight pensioners killed in care home fire

Eight elderly residents have died in a fire that ripped through a care home near Zaragoza in northeastern Spain in the early hours of Sunday. Twelve

12/07/2015

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Japan: A man sets himself alight on a bullet train

30/06/2015

Japan

Two deaths reported after fire on Japan bullet train

Two people have reportedly died after an apparent suicide bid started a fire aboard a bullet train in Japan. According to a Japan rail spokesperson a

30/06/2015

Taiwan

Over 470 injured in Taiwan water park fire

More than 470 people are now reported injured after a fire broke out during a party at a water park in Taiwan. This video captures the moment an

28/06/2015

France

Fire rages at the basilica of Saint- Donatien in Nantes western France

A massive fire has consumed the 19th century basilica of Saint- Donatien in the French city of Nantes. The blaze broke out after morning mass

15/06/2015

Ukraine

Arrests made over Ukraine fuel depot fire

Ukrainian authorities have detained two people as part of an inquiry into this week’s fatal fire at a fuel depot near Kyiv. They are said to be Yuriy

12/06/2015

Ukraine

Kyiv fuel depot fire: officials change tack in effort to quickly extinguish blaze

'Everything is under control,' say emergency service officials, as a fire at a Kyiv fuel depot rages on for a third day.

10/06/2015

Ukraine

Kyiv fuel depot fire 'under control'

Security officials in Ukraine claim firefighters have now managed to contain a huge blaze at a fuel depot some 30 kilometres from the capital Kyiv

10/06/2015

Ukraine

A huge fire rages out of control at a fuel depot in Ukraine

Firefighters will battle through the night to contain a huge fire at a fuel depot in Ukraine

09/06/2015

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Ukraine: deadly fuel depot fire

09/06/2015

Ukraine

A huge fire rages out of control at a fuel depot in Ukraine

A fire rages out of control at a huge fuel depot in Ukraine.

09/06/2015

Indonesia

Ferry blaze injures tourists near Bali

At least 11 people have been injured after a fire broke out aboard a ferry en route to the Indonesian tourist resort of Bali. Tourists from

06/06/2015

Syria

At least 27 killed in Syria clinic explosion

A fire in a clinic in northeastern Syria has claimed the lives of 27 people, most of them children. Thirty others were being treated for burns, among

31/05/2015

Germany

Ship abandoned off German coast amid explosion fears

A ship carrying fertiliser has been abandoned off the coast of Germany amid fears of an explosion. Resident along the North Sea coast, in the region

27/05/2015

China

Fatal fire sweeps through elderly care home in China

At least 38 people have been killed after a fire swept through a nursing home in China’s central Henan province. Search operations are underway and

26/05/2015