Blaze destroys furniture factory
The police and Fire Service are investigating the causes of a blaze that completely destroyed a furniture factory in Kokkinotrimithia’s industrial area in the early hours Wednesday. A dog on the...
View ArticleHaifa fire overcome but others rage elsewhere in Israel
Firefighters have reined in a blaze that spread across Israel’s third-largest city of Haifa and forced tens of thousands of people to flee their homes. Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld says some 14...
View ArticleCyprus aid against Israeli wildfires continues
A Cypriot civil defence officials says fire-fighting efforts are continuing in Israel after the island responded to help from its neighbour to send over air assistance. For the second day in a row,...
View ArticleState ‘is responsible’ for Kakopetria building fire
The community leader of Kakopetria has called on the state to foot the bill for a fire that destroyed a building housing historical pictures and books documenting the Troodos village. Speaking to state...
View ArticleFire at Vasiliko Power Station brought under control
The fire that was blazing in the Vasiliko Power Station near Limassol has been brought under control. Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) spokeswoman, Christina Papadopoulou, announced that the fire...
View ArticleMilan area Eni oil refinery ablaze
A blaze at an Eni oil company refinery south of Milan sent flames and plumes of smoke into the air Thursday evening, but no injuries were reported. The cause of the fire at the Sannazzaro de’ Burgondi...
View ArticleDeath toll from devastating Tennessee wildfire climbs
People in cars and trucks rolled into the wildfire-ravaged city of Gatlinburg on Friday to get a first look at what remains of their homes and businesses, and a mayor raised the death toll to 13,...
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Man meets fiery death in burning car
A 32-year-old Bulgarian father of two met a fiery death after his car caught alight after crashing along the Liopetri-Xylofagou highway in the early hours Saturday. Police are investigating the causes...
View ArticleAt least nine killed, many missing in US fire
A massive fire broke out in Oakland, California, during a late-night party in a warehouse that housed artist studios, killing at least nine people and leaving about 25 missing, the city’s fire chief...
View ArticleNicosia & Limassol car fires under investigation
Police are investigating fires involving cars in both Limassol and Nicosia in the early hours Sunday. According to a police announcement, two cars in Limassol caught alight soon after midnight while...
View ArticleBlaze at four-star Karachi hotel kills 11
A massive fire has swept through a four-star hotel in Karachi, Pakistan, killing at least 11 people. More than 50 people, including foreign guests, suffered injuries in the early morning blaze, which...
View ArticleNetanyahu thanks Cyprus for fire-fighting support
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday sent a letter of thanks to President Nicos Anastasiades and the people of Cyprus for the assistance provided in battling the recent fires. The blazes...
View ArticleHuge Japan blaze brought under control
A huge fire that spread to about 140 buildings in a small city on Japan’s western coast was brought under control Thursday night after authorities called in extra fire-fighters to fight the blaze. The...
View ArticleLaboratory fire prompts brief evacuation in Kaimakli
A number of people from the Kaimakli area in north Nicosia were evacuated on Thursday night after a fire broke out at the Turkish Cypriot main laboratory. The fire saw thick smoke – said to contain...
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Car set ablaze in Paphos
A fire which burned down a vehicle completely in Paphos appears to have been set ablaze willfully according to the police. The crime took place at 3:30am, with the vehicle belonging to a 29 year-old...
View ArticleMore than 20 killed, dozens injured after fire on Indonesian tourist boat
Twenty three people were killed and dozens injured on Sunday after a fire ripped through a boat carrying nearly 250 people to islands north of the Indonesian capital Jakarta, the city’s search and...
View ArticleDead, missing after Indonesia ferry fire
A search resumed Monday for 17 people reported missing after a ferry fire off the coast of Indonesia’s capital that left at least 23 dead, officials said. The victims died Sunday when the vessel, Zahro...
View ArticleFire-fighters killed in Tehran building collapse
At least 20 fire-fighters were killed when a 17-story Tehran commercial building collapsed on top of them as they tried to put out a blaze, Iranian state television quoted the city’s mayor as saying on...
View ArticleLast year’s fires to cost Cyprus €112m
Government officials in Cyprus are bracing for a huge bill with fire damages for 2016 set to take the island back some €112 million. The damage caused by the June fires in the Solea region of Troodos,...
View ArticlePolice looking into Limassol car fires
Police suspect arson to be behind fires that have destroyed two cars in Limassol. The latest occurred in the early hours of Wednesday morning when police were called to a house in Mesa Geitonia....
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