BOGOTA—At least 51 prisoners died after a fire started during a prison riot in the southwestern Colombian city of Tulua, the head of the national prisons agency said on Tuesday, one of the worst incidents of recent prison violence in the country. “It is a tragic and disastrous event,” General Tito Castellanos, director of the…
Tesla Model S Spontaneously Bursts Into Flames at California Junkyard
A Tesla Model S spontaneously burst into flames at a California junkyard earlier this month and fire crews used thousands of gallons of water to put out the blaze, the Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District said. In a statement on Facebook, the fire department shared a video and pictures of the electric vehicle that was involved…
Fire Breaks Out at Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical Plant
A fire broke out at a Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical Co. Ltd. plant in Shanghai early on Saturday, killing one person, the company said. Roaring fire was seen engulfing part of a sprawling factory, emitting columns of thick black smoke, in a video by the fire department showed. The fire at one of China’s biggest refining…
Fire Rips Through 4 Baltimore Row Homes, Leaves 3 Hurt
BALTIMORE—A fire tore through four Baltimore row homes early Wednesday, sending three people to a hospital, officials said. The blaze broke out around 4:30 a.m. in the 300 block of East 31st Street, a few blocks from Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore City Fire Department spokesperson Blair Adams said. Four homes were on fire and three…
Smurfit Kappa Resumes Some Operations at UK Plant Hit by Fire
LONDON—Smurfit Kappa has resumed some operations at a packaging plant in central England after a large fire ripped through the facility overnight, the local fire service said on Monday. West Midlands Fire Service said more than 100 firefighters from across the region around Birmingham had made progress containing the blaze that they were alerted to…
Fire Caused by Suspected Arson in South Korea Kills at Least 7
SEOUL, South Korea—A fire caused by suspected arson spread through an office building Thursday in South Korea’s Daegu city, killing at least seven people and injuring dozens, fire and police officials said. Dozens of firefighters and vehicles quickly put out the blaze, which began in the late morning on the second of a seven-floor office…
BC, StatCan Partner on Fire Prevention Pilot as Deaths Increase Around Province
British Columbia’s fire commissioner says fire-related deaths in the province have increased by almost 120 percent over the past two years. Brian Godlonton says it appears the concerning trend is continuing this year with 33 fire-related deaths already reported, with half of the year still ahead. He says the fire commissioner’s office will partner with…
At Least 49 Dead in 2nd Day of Bangladesh Cargo Depot Fire
DHAKA, Bangladesh—A massive fire at a container depot near a port city in southeastern Bangladesh killed at least 49 people, including nine firefighters, and injured more than 100 others, officials and local media reported Sunday, as efforts to extinguish the blaze continued into a second night. The inferno at the BM Inland Container Depot, a…
8 Killed, 15 Injured in Factory Fire in Northern India
LUCKNOW, India—At least eight workers were killed and over a dozen others injured after a fire erupted in a chemical factory in northern India, police said Saturday. The fire broke out after a boiler exploded in the factory in the Hapur area of Uttar Pradesh state, said senior police officer Pravin Kumar. The injured have…
Massive Fire at Moscow Business Center Sends 4 to Hospital
MOSCOW—A massive fire at a Moscow business center led to four people, including a top emergency official, getting rushed to a hospital Friday, Russian authorities said. Emergency officials engaged 180 firefighters, dozens of vehicles, and three helicopters to combat the fire in the west of Russia’s capital. Sergei Zheltov, the head of the Russian Emergencies…
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