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| Tue. |
Berlin |
Blaze at orchestra venue Fire-fighters are battling to extinguish a blaze at the home of the Berlin Philharmonic orchestra
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| Mon. |
Southern Italy |
Neapolitans torch rubbish piles
Map of Naples Italy Firefighters battled overnight to extinguish dozens of blazes as angry residents set rubbish piles alight
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| May. 15 |
Nigeria |
100 killed in pipeline fire
Flames from a ruptured fuel pipeline swept through homes and a school in a village, killing about 100 people and injuring 20 others
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| Apr. 26 |
Morocco |
Mattress factory fire kills 55
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| Apr.18 |
Argentina |
Smoke chokes Buenos Aires
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| Apr.15 |
Uganda |
19 schoolgirls die in blaze
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| Mar.26 |
United Arab Emirates |
Massive fireworks blast in Dubai kills 2
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| Feb.10 |
South Korea |
Seoul's historic gate destroyed by fire |
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| Feb.9 |
London |
Blaze ravages market area |
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| Jan.25 |
Nevada |
Guests flee Las Vegas hotel fire |
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| Jan.14 |
India |
Fire burns 2,500 shops in 3 days |
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| Jan.12 |
Nigeria |
At least 30 die in fuel tanker blast |
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| Dec.26 |
Nigeria |
At least 34 dead in fuel pipeline fire
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| Dec.19 |
Washington |
Flames at US government building
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| Dec.12 |
China |
Apartment blaze kills at least 21 |
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Fujimori gets 6 years in prison
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| Nov.24 |
Southern California |
Residents flee fires |
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| Nov.20 |
Saudi Arabia |
Pipeline death toll at 40
A gas pipeline fire in eastern Saudi Arabia killed 40 workers, 34 of them foreign (18 Pakistanis), and injured nine others
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South Africa |
Huge fire at refinery |
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| Nov.18 |
Saudi Arabia |
'Deaths' from pipeline fire |
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| Nov.5 |
Russia |
29 die in nursing home blaze |
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| Oct.27 |
Southern California |
Pollution warning over fires |
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| Oct.26 |
San Diego |
Wind lull calms fires |
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| Oct.25 |
Southern California |
Bush flies over fires
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Southern California |
Fire winds ease |
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| Oct.24 |
Washington |
Bush declares major fire disaster
Conditions that created what Schwarzenegger dubbed 'the perfect storm for fire' eased, helping firefighters gain ground
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| Oct.23 |
Southern California |
500,000 flee wildfires 
Relentless fires roared for a third day, sending residents fleeing with family members, pets and whatever prize possessions they could fit in their vehicles
| The blazes have left 2 people dead and destroyed 1,200 homes and businesses. Fierce winds are fanning 16 fires that have razed land from Santa Barbara to the Mexican border
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| Oct.22 |
Southern California |
Californians flee as fires rage
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| Oct.21 |
Southern California |
Malibu celebrities feel the heat |
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Gore says prize must spur action
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| Sep.27 |
Greece |
Forests recovery 'to take decades' |
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| Aug.29 |
Greece |
Fire victims queue for cash |
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| Aug.28 |
Greece |
Foreign firefighters aid Greece |
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| Aug.27 |
Greece |
MPs row over fire response
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United Arab Emirates |
Fire ravages port again |
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| Aug.26 |
Greece |
Fires inch closer to Olympic cradle The wildfires that have scorched southern Greece, reached the ancient city of Olympia, birthplace of the Olympic games,
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Greece |
Forest fires reward offered
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| Aug.25 |
Greece |
63 died from forest fires 
The emergency workers continue to find the bodies of people burned to death by forest fires that are raging in the south of the country
| Karamanlis: Fires may have been deliberately set ahead of national elections. The newspapers are calling the southern Peloponnese region a 'crematorium'. The worst fires are concentrated along an 50 mile stretch on the west coast of the Peloponnese
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| Aug.24 |
Greece |
Fires kill 27 in southern Greece
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| Aug.23 |
Brazil |
At least 20 prisoners die in prison fire
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Helicopter crash kills 14 U.S. soldiers
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| Aug.5 |
Croatia |
Dubrovnik menaced by major fire
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| Jul.26 |
Greece |
Raging fires add to heat wave woes
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| Jun.19 |
USA |
9 Firefighters Killed
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| May.20 |
London |
Fire rips through Cutty Sark
A fire on board the famous 19th Century ship. Greenwich town center in south-east has been closed to traffic
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| Mar.19 |
Russia |
63 elderly die in home fire The fire swept through an old people's home in the village of Kamychevatskaya, in the Kuban region
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| Feb.23 |
Latvia |
Fire in care home kills 26 |
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| Jan.18 |
United Arab Emirates |
Dubai tower fire injures workers |
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Ship 'sinks in storm'. 600 missing
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| Dec.16 |
Pakistan |
Wedding fire kills 22 |
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| Dec.8 |
Moscow |
Hospital fire killed 45 women A fire at Hospital 17, a drug rehabilitation hospital, has killed mostly young addicts
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| Nov.20 |
Guatemala |
Fire kills 15 in market |
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| May.24 |
Istanbul |
Blaze engulfs airport
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| Mar.22 |
Japan |
2 hurt in nuclear plant fire
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| Feb.23 |
Bangladesh |
85 killed in blaze
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| Feb.4 |
Egypt |
Officials: Fire made ferry sink
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| Jan.29 |
Canada |
Fire traps 70 inside mine
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| Dec.11 |
Pakistan |
Wedding inferno kills 40 |
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| Oct.26 |
Netherlands |
Detainees killed in blaze
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Major quake kills thousands
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| Sep.30 |
Southern California |
Wildfire threatens 2,100 buildings |
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| Sep.23 |
Texas |
Evacuee bus explodes as Rita closes A bus caught fire and exploded on a crowded interstate, killing 24 people who were fleeing ahead of a hurricane
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| Sep.5 |
Egypt |
Candle sparks deadly fire |
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| Sep.3 |
Paris |
Apartment fire near Paris kills 12 |
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New Orleans |
Fires burn along river; rescue grinds on |
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| Aug.29 |
Paris |
Immigrants die in new fire
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| Aug.27 |
Paris |
Fire survivors hold march |
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| Aug.25 |
Paris |
Apartment fire kills 16| A massive fire has swept through a 7-story building shortly after midnight | |
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| Jul.27 |
Mumbai |
100 missing after offshore fire Rescue ships are navigating rough waters to locate people missing after a fire tore through an oil platform
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Mumbai |
Fire breaks out on oil rig |
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| Jul.12 |
Costa Rica |
Hospital fire kills 17 |
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| Jun.4 |
France |
Rescuers fight Alpine tunnel fire
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| Apr.15 |
Paris |
Hotel fire toll tops 20 |
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| Apr.14 |
Paris |
Many killed in hotel fire 20 people have died and about 50 people have been injured in a fire in central Paris
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| Mar.7 |
Dominican Republic |
Prison fire 'kills 140'
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| Feb.14 |
Iran |
Dozens killed in mosque fire |
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31 Marines killed in chopper crash
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| Jan.25 |
Aceh |
Banda Aceh battles raging fire |
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| Dec.30 |
Argentina |
175 dead in Buenos Aires club fire The fire began about 11 p.m. during a rock concert in the Republica Cro Magnon disco, in the Once section
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9.0 Quake leaves 212,000 dead
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| Dec.23 |
Nigeria |
'20 die' in fuel blaze |
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| Aug.8 |
Texas |
Firefighter Red Adair dies at 89 |
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| Aug.2 |
Paraguay |
Doors were locked |
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| Aug.1 |
Paraguay |
Supermarket fire death toll tops 300| The fire broke out at the Ycua Bolanos supermarket while it was crowded with Sunday shoppers. Dozens were injured | |
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| Jul.17 |
Southern India |
Parents mourn fire victims |
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| Jul.16 |
Southern India |
School blaze kills 90 Mostly children aged between 4 and 9 have been killed after a fire swept through a school
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| Mar.14 |
Moscow |
Historic building ablaze |
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| Feb.23 |
Southern India |
Fatal fire at space centre |
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| Feb.15 |
China |
90 killed in two fires |
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| Jan.22 |
Southern India |
More than 40 people die in wedding blaze |
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| Dec.16 |
Iraq |
10 killed in Baghdad tanker blast |
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| Nov.23 |
Moscow |
32 dead in dorm blaze |
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| Oct.29 |
Southern California |
Firefighter dies in fires |
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| Oct.28 |
Southern California |
Fires consume 500,000 acres
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| Oct.24 |
Southern California |
Hundreds flee fire near L.A. |
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| Sep.15 |
Saudi Arabia |
Prison fire kills 67 inmates |
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| Aug.16 |
Iraq |
Fire halts flow of oil |
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10,000 dead in heat wave
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| Aug.4 |
Portugal |
Forest fires 'calamity' |
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| Jul.22 |
Paris |
Fire forces Eiffel Tower closure |
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| Apr.9 |
North Caucasus |
Deaf school blaze kills 28 |
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| Apr.7 |
Siberia |
School fire kills 22 |
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| Feb.21 |
New England |
Nightclub fire: Death toll at 95 |
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New England |
Death toll rises to 65 in club inferno |
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New York |
Blast hits oil plant |
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| Feb.20 |
New England |
96 killed in nightclub inferno| Band's pyrotechnics display igniting soundproofing material. Fire engulfed the wooden structure in 3 minutes | |
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Space shuttle and crew lost
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| Jan.29 |
USA |
Three dead after N.C. blast |
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| Jan.19 |
Australia |
Canberra sifts through rubble |
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Australia |
Canberra fights its worst bushfires |
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| Jan.18 |
Australia |
3 die in brush fires |
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Australia |
State of emergency in capital |
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| Dec.4 |
Sydney |
Wildfires ravage Sydney |
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| Dec.1 |
Venezuela |
Nightclub Blaze in Caracas Kills 47
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| Nov.1 |
Morocco |
Jail fire kills 49 |
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| Jul.20 |
Peru |
Nightclub fire kills 28 |
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| Jun.23 |
Arizona |
Wildfires merge, form massive blaze |
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| Jun.2 |
London |
Fire at Buckingham Palace
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| Feb.20 |
Egypt |
Train inferno kills 350 |
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| Jan.28 |
Nigeria |
Lagos blasts leave 500 dead killed as a result of a series of huge explosions at an army munitions dump
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| Jan.20 |
Congo |
Goma petrol station blast kills 50 |
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Half of the city has been burned
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| Dec.29 |
Peru |
Fireworks blaze kills 230 Blaze swept through a popular shopping district in the capital Lima
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| Dec.24 |
Australia |
Bush fires wreck holiday havoc |
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| Oct.24 |
Switzerland |
Tunnel inferno after head-on crash |
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Terror attacks hit U.S.
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| Aug.31 |
Japan |
Tokyo explosion and fire kills 44 Most victims in a mahong parlor on the third floor died by carbon monoxide poisoning. Several jumped from windows
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| Aug.17 |
Manila |
Manila hotel inferno kills 75 |
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| May.21 |
Chile |
28 die in prison riot fire |
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U.S. spy plane lands in China
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| Mar.25 |
Kenya |
Fire kills 58 children |
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| Dec.25 |
China |
Christmas Day blaze kills 309 Fire tore through a commercial multi-story building in the city of Luoyang and burned for more than 3 hours