Death toll in London tower block fire rises to 80
British police believe 80 people died or are missing presumed dead after the Grenfell Tower blaze two weeks ago, but it will be many months before the full death toll is known, the officer leading the...
View ArticleFury as council scraps Grenfell Tower meeting
The 11th-hour decision to shelve Kensington and Chelsea Council’s first cabinet meeting since the Grenfell Tower disaster has been branded an “absolute fiasco”. Under-fire leader Nicholas Paget-Brown...
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Fire close to Protaras residences put under control
A fire which broke out around 1pm in Protaras has been put under control. The fire in Laxia area of Paralimni was particularly dangerous because it was close to residences. It burned down greenhouses...
View ArticleTough day for firefighting forces in Limassol
Sunday has been a tough day for the fire fighting forces in Limassol, which have been called to quench flames in four different areas. Ongoing is a fire in Erimi which has already burned down 2.5 acres...
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Seventeen dead in Germany bus crash
Seventeen people were killed when a coach burst into flames after colliding with a lorry on a motorway in the German state of Bavaria on Monday, local newspaper Frankenpost said. Frankenpost did not...
View ArticleBiggest fire in north since 1995
Turkish Cypriot fire services officials say the recent fire that scorched a large section of the Pentadaktylos (Besparmak) Mountains forest was the largest blaze in the north of the island since 1995....
View ArticleWarning fired as blaze threatened to overwhelm Vasilikos
A fire threatened to cause havoc at fuel storage facilities and the power station in the Vasilikos industrial area of Cyprus late on Monday night with one Fire Services official warning that a...
View ArticleSeven die in downtown Johannesburg building blaze
Seven people died in a high-rise apartment block fire in Johannesburg on Wednesday including a man who jumped to his death to escape the flames, emergency services said. Emergency workers said there...
View ArticleFire in Kyvides under control
A fire which broke out near the village of Kyvides in Limassol was running out of control on Sunday afternoon threatening the nearby village. Around 19:45 the fire department spokesman Andreas Kettis...
View ArticleFire in London’s Camden Market brought under control
More than 70 firefighters have brought a fire under control at London’s Camden market after a blaze broke out at a building at the popular tourist attraction overnight, firefighters said. The cause of...
View ArticleFirefighters across Cyprus kept on their toes
Fire Service Spokesman Andreas Kettis on Monday called on the public to take particular care as the hotter weather led to a greater fire danger. “In the last three days, we have had 91 calls for help...
View ArticleLargest task force in years battled Paphos wildfire
The wildfire which came close to calling for the evacuation of two villages in western Paphos on Wednesday, resulted in the largest concentration of firefighters ever to assemble in the district in the...
View ArticleSerial arsonist targeting Paphos countryside
A senior Cyprus Fire Services official says they are currently on the lookout for a serial arsonist who appears to have been deliberately trying to start fires in the Paphos area. According to Fire...
View ArticleHonolulu high-rise blaze kills three, injures five
Three people were killed and at least five others suffered injuries and were taken to the hospital on Friday in a fire that consumed three floors of a 36-story condominium tower in Honolulu, city...
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Burnt body of man discovered inside car in Limassol
Police have confirmed that a man has died after being burnt alive inside a flaming car in the early hours of Tuesday morning in Limassol. Limassol CID investigators have so far ruled out foul play and...
View ArticlePolice patrol car catches fire on motorway
A police officer in Cyprus had a bad morning on Tuesday after his patrol car caught fire on the Limassol – Nicosia motorway. A motorist later snapped the police officer outside his police car – which...
View ArticleLarge force battling Larnaca wild brush blaze
Nineteen fire-fighting vehicles and aircraft and their personnel on Wednesday afternoon were battling a fire in the area between the Larnaca district villages of Ora and Vavatsinia. At 6.15pm, the...
View ArticleA year in London
By Tim Potier They first appeared a few days before Christmas. There was a square-shaped bench just before the front door to my apartment building and, as the day proceeded, they would gather there;...
View ArticleFires destroy 1,400 hectares of forest in France
Fires have destroyed some 1,400 hectares of forest and woodlands in the south of France and the island of Corsica, authorities said. The biggest fire was in the village of Bastidonne, in the Vaucluse...
View ArticleBeware of the Cyprus scorcher
Although it is expected to get cooler from Thursday, the authorities have reminded vulnerable members of the population—and all those working outdoors—to take particular care as inland temperatures...
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