Death toll rises from Tehran prison fire as protests in Iran continue
Issued on: 17/10/2022 – 10:00 Eight Iranian inmates were killed in a fire that raged through Tehran’s notorious Evin prison, the judiciary said Monday, doubling...
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‘Government officials are describing these prisoners as thugs and criminal elements’
Issued on: 17/10/2022 – 06:36Modified: 17/10/2022 – 09:15 01:56 State media is citing security officials that this fire started when a number of prisoners tried...
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Will the summer of 2022 hasten France’s efforts to fight climate change?
The summer of 2022 was a record-breaking season, marked by several heatwaves, forest fires and severe drought. These extreme weather events seem to have increased...
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Cuba asks for international help as deadly oil depot fire rages
Issued on: 07/08/2022 – 11:48 A fire set off by a lightning strike at an oil storage facility raged uncontrolled in the Cuban city of...
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Tourists evacuated in France’s Gironde as wildfires rage
Issued on: 20/07/2022 – 13:48Modified: 20/07/2022 – 13:51 As a heatwave scorches Western Europe, some 38,500 people have been evacuated away from forest fires raging in France’s...
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Some 300 firefighters battling deadly blazes in Russia’s Siberia
Issued on: 07/05/2022 – 14:29Modified: 07/05/2022 – 14:31 Several fires have broken out in southern Siberia, affecting about 200 buildings and causing at least five...
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‘Our windows have melted’: Vast landfill fire still burning as India swelters
Issued on: 29/04/2022 – 18:46 A huge fire that broke out at a vast landfill site in New Delhi, India on Tuesday is still burning three...
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Notre-Dame Cathedral three years after the fire
Issued on: 15/04/2022 – 22:34 When a massive fire ravaged the iconic Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15, 2019, it led to the destruction of...
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‘Many victims’ in deadly fire at nightclub in Cameroon’s capital
Issued on: 23/01/2022 – 14:44 Cameroon’s government said Sunday that 16 people were killed in a fire caused by fireworks in a nightclub in the...
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Yemen’s Houthis launch drone attack on UAE, killing three
Issued on: 17/01/2022 – 18:24Modified: 17/01/2022 – 18:34 Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi group attacked the United Arab Emirates using drones on Monday, setting off explosions in...
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Three dead, six wounded in Abu Dhabi fuel tank blast
Issued on: 17/01/2022 – 12:39Modified: 17/01/2022 – 12:58 Three fuel trucks exploded, killing three people, and a fire broke out near Abu Dhabi airport on...
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Deadly fire tears through Bronx building, victims include children
Issued on: 09/01/2022 – 21:38 Nine children were among at least 19 people killed and dozens injured when a fire tore through a high-rise apartment...