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Headline News
Death toll rises to 44 in
train crash
(Egypt)
The death toll
from a train crash rose to 44 and 40 were also injured
after a truck slammed into vehicles including a car and
a bus waiting at the crossing, pushing them onto the
tracks, security sources said. The train ploughed into
the vehicles seconds later.
The accident
happened when the truck's brakes had failed.
The force of
the impact flipped two of the train's carriages over and
unhitched three more.
Authorities
have dispatched a team of experts to investigate the
causes of the crash
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3 firefighters die, 9 injured in
factory fire (China)
An overhead beam crushed 3 firefighters and injured 9
others as they fought a fire at a plastic packaging
factory
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24/07/2008
Special team handles cave rescue (USA)
Rescue technicians from a fire department
trained in rappel or descend from high structures helped
a cave climber ...
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24/07/2008
At least 6 dead in high-rise fire
(South Africa)
Emergency workers with rescue dogs are searching a
high-rise where a fire broke out killing at least 6
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24/07/2008
Man rescued from narrow
gas well shaft
(USA)
Emergency personnel rescued a man 3 hours
after he fell 40 feet into a narrow gas well shaft
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24/07/2008 |
Hydro vault explodes, injures 10; 9
firefighters hospitalized
(Canada)
Fire crews battled a 5-alarm blaze after
an underground hydro vault exploded
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24/07/2008
Report examines firefighters' deaths
(USA)
Last year's deaths of 2 firefighters in a
house fire revealed weaknesses the fire department ...
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Seafood plant burns
(Alaska)
A fish processing plant burned to the
ground when a fire reportedly broke out in a power house
that was attached to the main facility
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24/07/2008
Firefighters rescue
toddler stuck in loo seat
(UK)
Firefighters were faced with a tricky
rescue operation when a mother and son walked into a
station after the toddler got a toilet seat stuck on his
head
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24/07/2008
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