Helmet-cam footage has been released of a dramatic rescue of 17 children after 30 hours stuck in a tiny "slot canyon" in the US. The famous canyons in Utah - less than 30cm wide in some parts - attract visitors,…
Seven people, including two children, have been killed by a tornado that struck a state in the US. It ripped through Madison County, southwest of Iowa state capital Des Moines, at about 4.30pm on Saturday, emergency management officials said. The…
Cairo – Four young siblings, the youngest of them is a toddler, lost their lives on Tuesday when a fire broke out in their flat in Egypt’s southeastern Giza province, local Al-Wafd newspaper reported online. Their bodies were moved to the local coroner for…
Nineteen people including nine children were killed in an apartment fire in the Bronx in New York on Sunday, one of the worst fire disasters in the city in 30 years. Thirteen people remained hospitalised in critical condition, authorities said late on…
Investigators are looking into the possibility that a five-year-old who was playing with a lighter set a Christmas tree on fire, sparking a conflagration that killed 12 people in a Philadelphia rowhome, officials revealed on Thursday. The revelation was included in a…
A large house fire that tore through a building in Philadelphia early on Wednesday has killed 12 people, including eight children, fire officials said. At least two people were sent to hospitals, and officials warned the toll could grow as firefighters searched the…
Two children and two women have died in a house fire in Bexleyheath in south-east London. The London Fire Brigade (LFB) said in a statement six fire engines and around 40 firefighters were called to the blaze on Hamilton Road around 8.30pm on…
At least 25 children aged five to six have died after their straw-hut classrooms caught fire in southern Niger, officials say. Several others were injured during the blaze, which broke out on Monday morning as children took part in school…
Five people, including three children, died in an early morning fire Monday in northern Ohio, which left four others injured, authorities said. Two adults and three children were killed, the Summit County Medical Examiner’s Office said. Four people were taken…