A rapidly intensifying blaze that engulfed multiple rowhouses in northwest Baltimore late Thursday afternoon left one firefighter dead and four others injured, city officials said. The injured firefighters sustained varying degrees of burns and are receiving medical treatment, officials said…
The UK is "woefully underprepared" to tackle wildfires as climate change makes them more likely, a new report by the Fire Brigades Union warns. There were more than 44,000 wildfires last year - an increase of 72% on the previous…
Human remains have been found in a burnt out mill in Oldham during a search for four people who were missing after a fire. The fire was extinguished over four days in May, but at the time it was believed…
More than 30,000 people have been evacuated from their homes in Malaysia as the country battled some of its worst flooding in years. The tropical nation in south-east Asia often experiences stormy monsoon seasons towards the end of the year, with flooding…
In a rare save, a home on the Canary Islands has managed to escape the fiery throes of lava from an erupting volcano and is now being dubbed as a “miracle house.” Dramatic photos that have gone viral on social media show…
People who live in high-rise social housing blocks are still at “significant risk” of future fires, the Grenfell Tower inquiry has heard. Danny Friedman QC, who represents a group of bereaved people, survivors and residents of the west London tower block, told the…
Authorities in North Carolina are still searching for 17 people who remain unaccounted for after Tropical Depression Fred caused heavy flooding in Haywood County, killing two people. Three people who were reported missing were found, Haywood County Emergency Management said early Friday…
A chalet on a holiday park in Cornwall has been completely destroyed by fire. Crews were called to Whitsand Bay Holiday Park on the Rame Peninsula on the morning of Thursday 22 July to put out the blaze. It is…
ICHEON, South Korea, June 17 (Yonhap) -- A fire at a distribution center run by Coupang Inc., a South Korean e-commerce giant, continued to burn late Thursday after the blaze erupted and engulfed the building in flames, as firefighters struggled…
Fourteen people, including at least one child, have been killed and another child is seriously injured after a cable car fell on a mountain near Lake Maggiore in northern Italy on Sunday. The accident happened on a service transporting passengers…