Seventy firefighters and ten fire engines were called to the apartment building on Brooks Road in Chiswick last Friday. One woman was rescued from the flat by firefighters before being taken to hospital where she later died on January 13. Four people were also rescued from neighbouring flats and were provided with escape hoods before being taken to hospital as a precaution.
One person was killed and 10 were hospitalized in a fiery freeway crash in Boyle Heights that involved several vehicles early Sunday morning, officials said. The wreck was reported at 4:46 a.m. on the transition ramp from the southbound 5 Freeway to the westbound lanes of the 10 Freeway. One car was reported to be engulfed in flames, and Los Angeles County Fire Department crews were called to the scene.
RICHMOND - Structures at a public storage facility were heavily damaged in a three-alarm fire Wednesday morning that also left one firefighter with minor injuries, authorities said. The fire at Public Storage, 398 Carlson Blvd., erupted about 12:16 a.m. and was brought under control by 35 firefighters about 6:30 a.m., said Deputy fire Chief Rico Rincon. Firefighters expected to be at the facility well into the day Wednesday making sure there were no flareups.
"It's not uncommon for the conditions surrounding," FDNY Deputy Assistant Chief Joe Duggan said. "You're in a smoke condition, and you're feeling the heat, and you're starting to feel some of the fire coming toward you. The victim felt his life was threatened and jumped as our units got on scene."
A devastating fire swept through Dhaka's sprawling Korail shantytown, destroying or damaging some 1,500 shanties and reducing tin-roofed dwellings to smouldering ruins, officials reported. The inferno, which erupted on Tuesday evening, required 16 hours to extinguish, according to Rashed Bin Khalid, a duty officer at the fire department. Lieutenant Colonel Mohammad Tajul Islam Chowdhury, the fire service's director, confirmed approximately 1,500 shanties were burned or damaged, leaving thousands without shelter.
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Gardaí assisted fire services with the that occurred at the commercial premises in Roscrea, County Tipperary this Tuesday morning, November 11, at about 2am, confirmed a garda spokesperson. "No injuries have been reported at this time. No offences have been disclosed at this time. Foul play is not suspected at this time," said gardaí. Local reports say the fire broke out at Bernie's Supervalu. There were reports of black smoke billowing from the scene and noxious fumes in the air.
A candle caused a closet shelf to catch fire in a Mountain View apartment today (Nov. 3), but firefighters put out the flames before they spread to the rest of the building, the city's fire department said in a statement. At 10:58 a.m., Mountain View Fire Department received a call about a fire on the second floor of an apartment complex on the 800 block of Heatherstone Way, according to the statement.
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EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (KGO) -- There has been a massive explosion at the Chevron refinery in Los Angeles County Thursday night. This in El Segundo near Manhattan Beach. The fire has been burning since 9:30 p.m. There is no word yet if anyone has been hurt, or what caused the explosion. No evacuation orders have been issued, but people are being told to stay inside.
Media reports have said there was an explosion in the northern part of the city. A fire in a detached house in northern Munich set off a large emergency operation on Tuesday, with police and firefighters blocking roads and urging residents to avoid the Lerchenau area. A police spokesman said there was no danger to the public, though the incident caused significant traffic disruption.
The blaze at the Thistle City Barbican Hotel, in Dingley Road, Islington, happened at about 22:50 BST on Wednesday, according to the Met Police. No-one was hurt and staff put out the flames before officers arrived. The force said it was an isolated incident and it wanted to identify one suspect, while it was keeping an open mind about motive. There have been no arrests.
A fire ripped through a 19th-century warehouse in Red Hook, Brooklyn, late Wednesday, collapsing parts of the building and wiping out dozens of artist studios ahead of a major neighborhood open studios weekend. Reports say the blaze began around 11:35pm at 481 Van Brunt Street, near the waterfront. Flames quickly spread through the four-story structure, forcing firefighters to pull back and attack the blaze from outside.
About 100 firefighters are tackling a blaze in a restaurant located at the BBC's former headquarters, Television Centre, in west London. London Fire Brigade said 15 engines were at the nine-storey building on Wood Lane, White City, after a fire broke out in the early hours of Saturday morning. The building is now home to a restaurant and flats, as well as television studios.
The blaze erupted shortly after 7pm on Thursday in a commercial property just off Oliver Plunkett Street, one of Cork's busiest city centre retail and entertainment areas. Motorists were urged to avoid the area as multiple Cork Fire Brigade crews deployed to tackle the fire after the alarm was raised by pedestrians who saw smoke pouring from the building roof. The blaze also triggered a number of fire alarms.
Firefighters battled a three-alarm blaze that broke out at an abandoned youth center early Friday morning, authorities said. The fire started at the building that formerly housed the Mexican American Community Services Agency, or MACSA, Youth Center on the 600 block of Sinclair Drive, according to a social media post from the San Jose Fire Department. The blaze was called in at 1:08 a.m. Firefighters performed defensive operations and were able to keep the fire from spreading beyond the building, authorities said.
