A fast-moving fire in the small town of Aguanga in Southern California forced the evacuation of thousands of people and had burned more than 1,200 acres as of Tuesday morning, according to the Riverside County Fire Department. The fire erupted…
At least five workers were killed in the northern German city of Hamburg on Monday when a scaffolding collapsed at a building site, a fire brigade spokesman said. Other labourers were still thought to be trapped under the wreckage from…
At least 15 people have died after a head-on train crash in Bangladesh. The crash, between a passenger train and a freight train, happened in the city of Bhairab - about 50 miles (80km) northeast of the capital Dhaka. Local…
The start of the new Formula E campaign came to a dramatic halt on Tuesday, as preseason testing was interrupted by a fire breaking out in a team garage - with the knock-on effect now spilling into a second day of track…
A British cargo ship has reportedly sunk off the coast of Germany following a collision, with several people missing as rescuers search for survivors. Two cargo ships crashed into each other in the North Sea, according to German authorities. The ships, Polesie and Verity, collided in the…
At least seven people have been killed in a 150 car pile up after a ‘superfog’ covered major roads in south Louisiana, US. Dense morning fog and smoke from nearby marsh fires caused a series of wrecks on Interstate 55 near…
Emergency crews have had to rescue 20 people from a care home in Derbyshire as cars were submerged in flood water in the county, Derbyshire Fire and Rescue have said. More than 100 people had to be rescued in Derbyshire…
A pilot is believed to have perished in a light plane crash in rural southern Queensland. The pilot, whose age and gender is not known, is believed to have been the sole occupant of the plane that went down at Palgrave…
An explosion at a chemical factory in Melbourne, Australia killed one person and led to an evacuation of the local area on 12 October. The incident happened at a facility operated by chemical blending manufacturer ACB Group in the western…
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…