Fire

A fire in a South Korean hospital which did not have a sprinkler system killed at least 37 people and injured more than 70, officials said on Jan. 26, the latest tragedy to raise concerns over the country’s safety standards.

10 victims of a fire at a shoe factory in the Russian Novosibirsk region, TASS reported.

The cause of the flare is a short circuit. According to preliminary data, most of the people killed are Chinese, and two are from Kyrgyzstan. They all worked in the production or in the warehouse. The fire, which burned on an area of 2000 square meters, has already been extinguished.

A man who allegedly killed his disabled father by setting him on fire has turned himself in to authorities to face charges of attempted murder and arson, reports say.

The incident occured in the village of Agios Nikolaos in western Mani in the Peloponnese on Tuesday.

New York City’s deadliest residential fire in decades spread through every floor of a Bronx apartment building within a matter of minutes, city officials said, killing 12 people and sending other residents scrambling outside into the cold and down fire escapes to safety.

A homeless man was hospitalized with minor burns early on Friday after a fire broke out in an abandoned building in which he had sought shelter in the Thessaloniki suburb of Eleftherio-Kordelio.

The local fire service was briefed shortly before 2 a.m. that a fire had broken out in the derelict building and 12 firefighters were dispatched to the scene.

At least 27,000 people have been evacuated because of forest fires that can not be controlled for more than 24 hours ago. The critical situation is in the Ventura County north of Los Angeles. The fire has already destroyed 150 buildings and spreads quickly because of the strong winds blowing around the area, reports sega. 

A rapidly spreading fire in California has caused the evacuation of 500 homes, the World Agencies have reported.

13 people were injured in a fire that broke out in a block in Berlin, local media reported, quoting representatives of the fire department.

The incident occurred in the Marzan neighborhood. The cause of the fire has not yet been clarified. The suppression of the fiery element continues, including with a helicopter.

The Argentine submarine with a 44-member crew which disappeared two weeks ago reported a fire in their batteries before interrupting the radio link. This was announced by the Argentinian navy, Nova TV reported.

Short circuit has caused smoke but no flames and the fire has been extinguished.

Fire was extinguished this morning on a ship in the shipyard "Iliya Boyadjiev" in Burgas, announced Black Sea Lighthouse.

The incident happened when cutting scrap metal. There was a spilled machine oil that caught on fire by the sparkles of the cutter. There are no injuries, and material damage is not too much.