The private residence of the FCT Minister of State, Mariya Mahmoud, in Abuja was razed down by fire on Sunday. Media aide to the minister, Austine Elemue, who confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria reporter, said that the cause of the fire was being investigated by the authorities. He said that the … Read more
Authorities in southeastern China are investigating whether electric bikes are to blame for a fire that erupted in a residential building early on Friday morning, killing at least 15 people, according to mainland media reports. The blaze started at 4.39am from a ground-level area where electric bikes were parked in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, and was … Read more
Local police had detained 12 people, including the owner of the exam training centre on an upper floor, Xinhua said on Thursday morning. It was the latest major accident to hit China since Friday, when 13 children were killed after a fire broke out at a primary school dormitory in central Henan province. Teachers said … Read more
BEIJING: At least 39 people died on Wednesday (Jan 24) after a fire broke out at a store in the central Chinese province of Jiangxi, state media reported. “At 3.24pm on Jan 24, a fire broke out on the below-ground level at a store … in Xinyu, Jiangxi,” the country’s state broadcaster CCTV reported. “Up … Read more
BEIJING: Thirteen people have died in a school dormitory fire in central China’s Henan province, the official Xinhua news agency reported Saturday (Jan 20). The dead were third graders at an elementary school, according to China Newsweek, a weekly magazine published by China News Service, the second-largest Chinese news agency after Xinhua. Third graders in China … Read more
THANE: A fire broke out at an ATM kiosk in Dombivli when one or more unidentified persons were in the process of trying to break open the ATM machine to steal cash early Sunday morning. According to the bank’s estimate, Rs 21 lakh in currency notes in the ATM was reduced to ashes.A gas cutter … Read more
”IT WAS A MIRACLE” The cabin of the passenger jet began quickly filling with smoke while some anxious passengers ran up and down the aisles and others clung to shrieking children. “Please get me out of here,” one woman shouted in a video shared with Reuters from inside the plane. “Why don’t you just open … Read more
“IT WAS A MIRACLE” Footage and images shared on social media showed passengers shouting inside the smoke-filled cabin and running across the tarmac away from an evacuation slide. Video also showed passengers being evacuated calmly via escape slides, apparently without hand luggage. “The cabin crew must have done an excellent job. There don’t seem to … Read more
Tragedy struck in Delhi’s New Manglapuri as bouncer Viney Arora met a horrific fate in a fire that erupted from a coal brazier (angithi) in his room while he was asleep. The 36-year-old was discovered in a charred state on the ground floor of Anganwari Wali Gali in New Manglapuri. The Fatehpur Beri Police responded … Read more
MUMBAI: Fire broke out in the AC unit of an imitation jewellery store on the first floor of the ground plus three storeyed Acme Shopping Centre on Jain Mandir Road in Malad West at around 6.50 pm. The Fire was confined to an AC unit on the first floor. As many as 11 persons including … Read more
