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Crews Continue to Battle Cargo Ship Blaze That Killed 2 New Jersey Firefighters

July 9, 2023
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NEWARK, N.J.—Fire crews on Saturday continued to battle flames that have smoldered inside a cargo ship docked at the East Coast’s biggest port, days after the blaze claimed the lives of two New Jersey firefighters and injured five others. Newark firefighters Augusto “Augie” Acabou and Wayne “Bear” Brooks Jr. were killed in the Wednesday night…

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Fire Chief: 2 Missing After Massive Blaze at North Carolina Construction Site

May 19, 2023
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CHARLOTTE, N.C.—Two construction workers were still unaccounted for late Thursday after a massive, fast-moving fire broke out at a North Carolina construction site earlier in the day, the city’s fire chief said. Fifteen workers, including a crane operator, were rescued by the more than 90 firefighters called to the five-alarm blaze in the South Park…

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2 Men Indicted in Philadelphia Blaze That Killed Firefighter

April 19, 2023
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PHILADELPHIA—The owner of a Philadelphia building that caught fire and collapsed last summer, killing a city firefighter and injuring five other people, has been indicted along with another man on charges they set the blaze, federal prosecutors announced Wednesday. Al-Ashraf Khalil and Isaam Jaghama, both 29-year-old city residents, are each charged with conspiracy and malicious…

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Firefighters Battle Large Blaze at Sprawling Mexican Market

April 7, 2023
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MEXICO CITY—Some 200 firefighters battled a huge blaze in Mexico City’s sprawling wholesale market Thursday night without any reported injuries. The Central de Abasto supplies the capital’s other neighborhood markets, restaurants, and other parts of the country. Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum said the fire started in an area of the market where wooden pallets…

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Hong Kong Probes Cause of Blaze in Shopping District

March 3, 2023
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HONG KONG—Hong Kong authorities on Friday were investigating the cause of a huge blaze that broke out overnight at a construction site in a popular shopping district and forced 170 people in nearby buildings to evacuate. No deaths or injuries have been reported after the fire erupted at the Mariners’ Club redevelopment project in the…

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Blaze at US Drone Plant in Latvia; Arson Not Suspected

February 8, 2023
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HELSINKI—Firefighters worked for a second day Wednesday to fully extinguish a blaze at a U.S. company’s drone plant in Latvia, as police said no indications of sabotage have been found so far. Latvia’s State Fire and Rescue Service was alerted Tuesday afternoon that a fire had broken out at Edge Autonomy’s drone production plant in…

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Shipping Containers Ablaze at Turkey’s Iskenderun Port, Operations Halted

February 7, 2023
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ISKENDERUN, Turkey—Hundreds of shipping containers were ablaze at Turkey’s Iskenderun Port on Tuesday, shutting down operations and forcing freight liners to divert vessels to other ports. Turkey’s maritime authority said on Monday that the port, located on the Mediterranean coast in the southern Province of Hatay, was damaged due to the earthquake that struck Turkey…

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Russia Cafe Blaze Kills at Least 13 People, Injures 5

November 5, 2022
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MOSCOW—A fire in a cafe in the Russian city of Kostroma killed at least 13 people and injured five others on Saturday, local authorities said. The governor of the Kostroma region, Sergei Sitnikov, said 13 people died in the fire and five more were slightly injured. Russian news agency Interfax cited local emergency officials as…

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Fire at Karaoke Parlor in Southern Vietnam Kills at Least 14

September 7, 2022
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HANOI, Vietnam—At least 14 people died in a fire that broke out at a karaoke parlor in southern Vietnam, local media reported Wednesday. At least 40 other people were injured in the fire at the four-story venue in Thuan An city in the province of Binh Duong that began at about 9 p.m. Tuesday, trapping…

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Drones Tackle Penticton Blaze as Cool Weather Helps Bring BC Fires Under Control

August 10, 2022
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Drones are helping map hot spots in a wildfire blazing on the fringes of British Columbia’s Okanagan region, as cooler and calmer conditions help firefighters bring blazes elsewhere under control. Crews are making progress on several wildfires, including a blaze near Lytton that broke out nearly a month ago and destroyed several properties, and which…

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