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The Russian emergencies ministry’s fire safety inspectors carried out about 1,000 checks in Russian hospitals since the start of the year, finding about 11,000 violations there, the ministry’s press service said. …
Five people have been killed in a fire that took place at St. George Hospital in St. Petersburg, a source in the emergency services said. "Five patients put on artificial ventilation machines were killed in the fire," the …
The death toll from a fire in a hospice for the elderly in Krasnogorsk near Moscow has risen to 10, an official in the press service of the Moscow department of the Emergency Ministry said. "Ten people died. They all got poisoned …
Several warehouses have caught fire Sunday afternoon in Tegel in western Berlin, according to local fire department's Twitter updates. A total of 110 firefighters are working to prevent the fire from spreading further. No …
Firefighters brought under control a fire that broke out at a residential tower in Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday night, Sharjah’s government media office said. Seven people were treated for minor injuries …
Weather experts expect that a large number of forest fires will occur in Russia this year, Scientific Director of the Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring Roman Vilfand said. According to him, natural forest …
New fires broke out in the area around the defunct Chernobyl nuclear plant, fanned by heavy winds that have made it harder to put out the blaze, Ukrainian officials said. Emergency workers managed several days ago to contain an …
Open flames burning in Chernobyl’s exclusion zone have been extinguished after rain fell in the region north of Kiev early on Tuesday morning, Ukraine’s emergency service has said. "There are no open flames," …
Two people who were injured in the fire at a retirement home in Moscow have died in hospital, a medical source said. "Two people have died in a hospital. Therefore, the number of fatalities climbed to four," TASS cited …
Five people died after a fire broke out in a building in Strasbourg in northeastern France, local firefighters said. Firefighters said in a statement that seven people have also been taken into emergency care. They added that …
Prince William and Kate Middleton, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, are expected to tour bushfire-affected regions of Australia. Australian PM Scott Morrison was expected to issue the formal invitation for the royal visit later …
They have been spotted helping other animals access water in drought-ravaged regions of Australia
The building of Moscow’s Nikulinsky District Court caught fire after unidentified perpetrators had thrown petrol bombs at it, a law enforcement source said, adding that the fire had been extinguished. "The perpetrators …
Georgian opposition parties have postponed today’s demonstrations on election issues as six individuals, four minors and two women, died in a fire in Bagdati municipality yesterday. Leader of the European Georgia opposition …
At least four children and two women were killed in a fire in Baghdati town near Kutaisi, Georgia's Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency said. "After extinguishing the fire ... the firefighters found the …
A fire occurred in a two-storey building at the railway station in Shymkent at night, spokesperson of the Emergency Situations Committee of the Interior Ministry of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nurakhmetov said. He said …
Eleven people died when a fire ripped through a one-storey wooden shack in a remote village in Russia's region of Tomsk, officials said. "The bodies of 11 people have been found," the Russian emergencies ministry said …
Vandals in Strasbourg, France, marked the start of 2020 by setting countless vehicles on fire. Police have not disclosed how many cars were torched, but a source told AFP that the figure was larger than the previous year. A number of …
A helicopter and about 200 firefighters will try to put out fire at the Georgian village of Ormotsi, Ateni Gorge. "Special equipment is being used and a helicopter to put out the fire. The number of firefighters will increase to …
Ten active fires have been reported around Georgia today, mostly on the lower layers of forests, the Georgian Emergency Management Service said. There is a very low threat of the fire spreading to settled areas, the service …
