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| Jan.2 |
Ghana |
Fire guts parts of market
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| Dec.30 |
Australia |
Power lines blamed for bushfires
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| Dec.29 |
Australia |
Homes burn in West Australia fires
Firefighters are tackling bush fires in the far west of the country as strong winds and high temperatures sweep across the area
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| Dec.6 |
Ural |
Day of mourning for nightclub fire victims |
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Ural |
Death toll rises in nightclub inferno
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| Dec.5 |
Ural |
Five held as investigators probe club fire
Investigators picked through the remains of a burned-out nightclub in the aftermath of an inferno, the result of an alleged misuse of firewo...
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Moscow |
Russia to mourn club fire victims
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| Dec.4 |
Ural |
152 killed in nightclub blast and fire
Map of Perm Russia An explosion at a nightclub killed at least 101 people and injured at least 140 others. The preliminary theory was use of pyrotechnical devices
| Most victims at the Lame Horse club died from smoke inhalation. President Dmitry Medvedev said the fire was a criminal act and those responsible must be punished
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Sumatra |
Fire kills 20 at disco |
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| Nov.23 |
Russia |
Second fire at weapons depot kills eight |
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| Nov.18 |
Australia |
'Catastrophic' fire warning |
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| Nov.17 |
Puerto Rico |
Fire linked to gas tank monitoring system |
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| Oct.26 |
Puerto Rico |
FBI, ATF investigate fuel depot fire
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| Oct.25 |
Puerto Rico |
Hundreds displaced after fuel depot fire |
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| Oct.24 |
Puerto Rico |
Health fears grow over blaze
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| Oct.23 |
Puerto Rico |
Fire rages at fuel depot
Map of San Juan Puerto Rico It could take a week to extinguish a massive fire that sending a thick black cloud of smoke over large parts of metro San Juan
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| Oct.16 |
Southern India |
Fireworks blaze 'kills 30' |
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| Aug.31 |
Los Angeles |
Heat fuelling California wildfire Firefighters tackling an intense wildfire north of Los Angeles say the blaze remains 'very dangerous'. The blaze to spread over 134 sq miles
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| Aug.30 |
Los Angeles |
Firemen die in California inferno
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| Aug.24 |
Greece |
Firefighters get brief respite Gentler winds gave firefighters some room to breathe, but the respite was only temporary
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| Aug.23 |
Greece |
Six wildfires ring Greek capital
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Greece |
Fire threat empties Athens suburb
Map of Agios Stefanos Greece| Residents of an entire Agios Stefanos have been ordered from their homes as out-of-control wildfires blaze around the Greek capital | |
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| Aug.22 |
Greece |
Wildfire threatens Athens
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| Aug.19 |
Argentina |
Owner sentenced in fatal club fire |
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| Aug.15 |
Kuwait |
Dozens die in wedding fire |
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| Jul.3 |
London |
6 die in high-rise fire |
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| Jun.10 |
Guam |
Fire forces jet to land |
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| Jun.7 |
North Mexico |
Parents rammed cars into burning center |
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| Jun.5 |
North Mexico |
29 children die in day care center fire
Map of Hermosillo Mexico More than 100 others were injured when their day care center caught fire in the northwestern state. The victims were from 1 to 5 years old
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| May.10 |
Australia |
Australia probes Victoria fires |
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| May.9 |
Moscow |
Gas blast causes fire |
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| May.8 |
Southern California |
Wildfire scorches 8,600 acres |
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| Apr.13 |
Poland |
Hostel fire kills at least 21 |
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| Apr.11 |
India |
Death toll rises in fireworks factory fire |
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| Feb.21 |
Melbourne |
Australia mourns bushfire victims
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| Feb.13 |
Upstate New York |
Crash site 'too hot to enter' |
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| Feb.12 |
Australia |
PM announces day of mourning |
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| Feb.10 |
Melbourne |
Winds continue to spread wildfires
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Beijing |
Broadcaster sorry for deadly hotel fire |
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| Feb.9 |
Australia |
PM Rudd pledges to rebuild fire-hit areas |
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Melbourne |
Toll from bush fires claimed 181 
| Some people died in their cars trying to escape the fires. Some of the fires in the state of Victoria were started deliberately. The Victorian bushfires are a series of bushfires that were ignited on 7 February 2009, resulting in Australia's highest ever loss of life from a bushfire. Ov... | |
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| Feb.8 |
Melbourne |
Raging wildfires killed at least 130 people
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Bush fires kill at least 93 people
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| Feb.7 |
Australia |
Raging bushfires kill at least 65
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Raging wildfires kill at least 25 |
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| Feb.1 |
Australia |
Arson blamed for fires |
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| Jan.31 |
Kenya |
At least 100 people killed in oil fire
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| Dec.31 |
Thailand |
Dozens killed in nightclub fire
Map of Bangkok Thailand At least 59 people were killed in a fire that broke out at one of most upscale nightclubs, where about 1,000 revelers were ringing in the new year
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| Nov.16 |
Southern California |
Wildfires wreak havoc
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| Nov.5 |
Germany |
Bus fire kills 20; Police blame cigarette |
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| Sep.20 |
China |
Fire at club leaves 43 dead
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| Sep.11 |
France |
Fire breaks out in channel tunnel Thousands of passengers and truckers are stranded in France and England after a fire broke out in the undersea tunnel linking the two countr...
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| Jul.25 |
Greece |
Fire causes mass evacuations from resorts
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| Jun.11 |
Sudan |
14 still missing after air crash blaze |
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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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| Nov.20 |
Saudi Arabia |
Pipeline death toll at 40 |
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| Oct.25 |
Southern California |
Bush flies over fires |
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| Oct.24 |
Washington |
Bush declares major fire disaster |
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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 wi... | |
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| Oct.22 |
Southern California |
Californians flee as fires rage |
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| Aug.27 |
Greece |
MPs row over fire response |
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| Aug.26 |
Greece |
Fires inch closer to Olympic cradle
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Greece |
Forest fires reward offered |
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| Aug.25 |
Greece |
63 died from forest fires
Map of Peloponnese Greece| 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 Pelopo... | |
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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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| 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
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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 |
Dubai |
Dubai tower fire injures workers |
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| Dec.16 |
Pakistan |
Wedding fire kills 22 |
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| Dec.8 |
Moscow |
Hospital fire killed 45 women
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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 |
Lahore |
Wedding inferno kills 40 |
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| Oct.26 |
Netherlands |
Detainees killed in blaze |
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| Sep.23 |
Texas |
Evacuee bus explodes as Rita closes
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| Aug.29 |
Paris |
Immigrants die in new fire |
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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
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| Jun.4 |
Southern France |
Rescuers fight Alpine tunnel fire |
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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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| 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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| 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.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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| Feb.15 |
China |
90 killed in two fires |
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| Oct.28 |
Southern California |
Fires consume 500,000 acres
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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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| Jul.22 |
Paris |
Fire forces Eiffel Tower closure |
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| Feb.21 |
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
Map of Rhode Island USA Band's pyrotechnics display igniting soundproofing material. Fire engulfed the wooden structure in 3 minutes
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| Jan.18 |
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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| 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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| Aug.31 |
Japan |
Tokyo explosion and fire kills 44
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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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| 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