Czech Republic

Brno blaze: Eight people killed in abandoned building fire

Police and firefighters are investigating a fire which claimed the lives of eight people in the Czech Republic's second largest city, Brno.

4 May 2023

Ukraine

Crimean oil depot still on fire after drone attack

A massive fire at an oil depot in Crimea has been contained after it was hit by two Ukrainian drones, a Russia-appointed official claimed on Saturday.

29 April 2023

World News

At least 29 dead in Beijing hospital fire

Videos on social can be seen of patients climbing out of windows to escape the blaze.

19 April 2023

France

Massive wooden base for Notre Dame spire successfully installed

Four years after the fire of the cathedral in Paris, a project is underway to install a new spire.

15 April 2023

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WATCH: Four firefighters die in Karachi garment factory fire

Four firefighters died in a deadly garment factory fire in Pakistan after the building collapsed.

13 April 2023

Germany

Toxic fumes alert following massive warehouse fires in Hamburg

Police have warned people in the Hamburg to close their windows after a large fire that engulfed several warehouses sent black, chemical-laden smoke drifting over the city.

9 April 2023

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WATCH: Northern Spain ravaged by more than 100 fires

The Spanish regions of Asturias and Cantabria were scorched by more than 100 fires which, according to officials, were intentionally started by 'criminals'.

1 April 2023

World News

At least 39 migrants die in fire at a detention centre in Mexico

Another 29 have been injured and immigration officers have been accused of passively standing by while the fire raged.

30 March 2023

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Hundreds evacuated as forest fire rages in east Spain

Hundreds of people were evacuated as a major forest fire raged in Spain's eastern Castellón region.

24 March 2023

Design

The gargoyles of the Notre-Dame de Paris are coming back to life

Notre-Dame de Paris reconstructions gradually recover its fantastic creatures.

22 March 2023

Switzerland

Four bodies found in family home after Switzerland explosion

The blast happened early Thursday morning, with fire investigators and police forensics officers at the scene looking for clues about how it happened.

9 March 2023

Greece

Anger erupts in Greece after train collision kills more than 45 people

Greece began three days of national mourning on Wednesday, while flags flew at half-mast outside all European Commission buildings in Brussels.

1 March 2023

Nature

Kyiv Zoo keeps Tony the gorilla warm despite daily power cuts

Berlin Zoo has managed to raise €400,000 in contributions from well-wishers to send generators to its Ukrainian counterpart.

2 February 2023

Travel News

How to see California’s mysterious firefall 

Every February, thousands flock to Yosemite National Park to see the firefall. But conditions have to be just right.

26 January 2023

Travel News

Paris: Arson forces cancellation of all trains at Gare de l’Est

The fire - which damaged around 50 rail cables - began under an area of track in an eastern Paris suburb.

24 January 2023

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Search resumes for bodies in Cambodia casino fire

The search for bodies has resumed at a fire-ravaged hotel-casino in the Cambodian border town of Poipet.

30 December 2022

Russia

Deadly fire kills 20 at 'illegal' Russian shelter

Investigators think a faulty stove was cause of the fire, and have detained a man in connection with their investigation.

24 December 2022

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Fire ravages Chile's Vina del Mar seaside resort

Some 400 homes were damaged or destroyed and at least two people died as a result

23 December 2022

France

Climate activists break into chemical plant near Lyon

Climate protesters said they wanted "to condemn the pollution of the environment and the poisoning of residents by the chemical compounds produced by the industrial site".

17 December 2022

France

French interior minister visits scene of fire tragedy

France's Minister for the Interior says the death toll from an apartment block fire in Lyon could have been higher but for the heroism of firefighters

16 December 2022