Fire

After almost six hours, a fire that started in the Secretariat’s building number seven was put out this morning. “The fire was brought under control at 8:05am today after around six hours of frantic efforts,” Md...

Air pollution caused by fires is linked to more than 1.5 million deaths a year worldwide, the vast majority occurring in developing countries, a major new study said on Thursday. This death toll is expected to...

Families of the victims of the Tazreen fashion fire catastrophe have called for factory owner Delwar Hossain to be held to outstanding standards and to provide sufficient recompense to the workers who were killed and injured....

A fire broke out in a building in Chengdu, southwest China, on Thursday, sending more than 20 people to the hospital. The blaze started in a shop on the ground floor and quickly spread, according to...

Chinese official media said that a fire broke out at a shopping center in southwest China on Wednesday, killing sixteen people. In the city of Zigong, Sichuan province, dramatic photographs revealed a massive column of black...

Firefighters reported on Monday that the forest fires that erupted near Athens over the weekend have been contained, but new fires have started in other areas as officials have cautioned of a challenging fire season to...

The foreign minister of Kuwait announced on Thursday that the death toll from the catastrophic fire that destroyed a building housing immigrant workers had increased to 50, with the majority of the casualties being from India....

27 people were murdered after a fire tore through a packed amusement park in India, according to police, as rescuers searched the scene early on Sunday morning. Four of the victims were small children. Indian media...

Officials said on Thursday that a large fire on an industrial park in eastern Thailand that housed a gas storage facility had claimed one life and forced hundreds more to flee. Authorities in Rayong province say...

The capital’s Bailey Road building caught fire today, causing extensive damage and taking many lives. President Mohammed Shahabuddin voiced his shock and sadness at the losses. The Head of State expressed profound sympathy to the deceased...