Fires

Firefighters rescued seven people from an abandoned building in central Athens on Tuesday after a fire broke out there for reasons that were not immediately clear.

Homeless people had been residing on the premises, sources said.

A total of 24 firefighters, manning eight engines, were dispatched to the scene after reports of a fire there.

The five-star Mandarin Oriental in London, a 12-story building, caught fire Wednesday, according to reports.

From the BBC:

One man died and one was severely burnt in a fire at factory 3 of Arsenal arms plant in Kazanlak.

At the site of the incident have arrived ambulance and police. The fire is extinguished.

There are no other injured people.

A man was found dead after a fire in a Patissia apartment building early Friday morning.

The fire broke out inside the apartment on the 3rd floor of the building on Orfanidou street, sometime after 7 a.m.

Firefighters found the body of a man inside the apartment. He has not been identified.

One man died in a West London fire, Reuters reported, citing data from fire departments.