Fire

President Donald Trump expressed sadness Saturday at the devastation in a California town, as more than 1,000 people remain listed as missing in the worst-ever wildfire to hit the US state. Two huge blazes have created...

The number of people listed as missing in one of California’s deadliest wildfires has skyrocketed past 600, authorities said Thursday, as the remains of seven additional victims were found by rescuers. Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea...

The blaze began at 7:00 PM (0000 GMT Friday) on the first floor and spread rapidly to the third floor of the building on Prospect Avenue. A fire tore through an apartment building in New York’s...

News Hour A large fire has ripped through a residential 79-storey skyscraper in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates – for the second time in two years. Panicked residents fled one of the tallest towers in...

News Hour: An overturned oil tanker exploded in a huge fireball in Pakistan Sunday, killing at least 139 people and injuring scores as crowds scavenging for fuel ignored warnings to stay clear, officials and witnesses said....

News Hour: Singer Adele was among people who gathered on Wednesday night close to a London tower block that was destroyed in a catastrophic fire, according to posts on social media. Twelve people have been confirmed...

News Hour: Muslims awake for Ramadan might have helped save lives after noticing the horrific blaze at Grenfell Tower. Residents have told of how they didn’t hear alarms as the fire swept through the 24-storey tower...

News Hour: Fire engulfed a 24-storey housing block in central London in the early hours on Wednesday, killing at least six people and injuring at least 50 others in an inferno that trapped residents as they...

News Hour: Six workers were killed when a fire swept through a bakery in the western Indian city of Pune overnight, police said on Friday, adding that the victims had been locked in. “The main shutter...

News Hour: A fire engulfed about 140 houses, shops and other buildings in a Japanese coastal city on Thursday, injuring five people but causing no deaths, a fire official said. The military was called in to...