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| Jul.3 |
London |
6 die in high-rise fire Six people were killed, including three children, when a fire broke out in a apartment building in south London, eventually engulfing 12 floors
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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
| The fire appears to have started in a tyre depot with flammable materials next to the center. The blaze spread so rapidly that some children could not be taken out of the daycare center
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| Apr.13 |
Poland |
Hostel fire kills at least 21 Map of Kamien Pomorski Poland The fire broke out early Monday at a three-story building. Forty-one people were rescued from inside the building
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| Feb.1 |
Russia |
Nursing home fire kills 22 A fire engulfed a care home in northern Russia, in the village of Podyelsk in the Komi Republic,
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| Apr.15 |
Uganda |
19 schoolgirls die in blaze The fire erupted in their dormitory. Authorities also found the bodies of 2 adults in the ashes of the blaze at Buddo Junior School
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| Dec.12 |
China |
Apartment blaze kills at least 21 At least 21 people died in eastern rovince when a 28-story apartment building caught fire
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| Nov.5 |
Russia |
29 die in nursing home blaze
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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. The firefighting crews did not arrive from... | |
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| Mar.8 |
New York |
Bronx fire leaves 8 children from Mali dead
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| Feb.23 |
Latvia |
Fire in care home kills 26 A fire at a home for the elderly and disabled in the town of Alsunga, west of the capital Riga
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| Feb.3 |
Chile |
Tourists killed in hotel fire
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| Dec.16 |
Pakistan |
Wedding fire kills 22 A fire in eastern Pakistan sparked a stampede. More than 30 people were injured at Jhok Utra, west of the city of Multan
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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. A suspicious fire was combined with a blocked exit... | |
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| Sep.3 |
Paris |
Apartment fire near Paris kills 12 A suspected arson fire tore through a recently renovated 18-story apartment building
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New Orleans |
Fires burn along river; rescue grinds on The struggle continued to rescue victims from floodwaters and evacuate people from the city
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| Aug.29 |
Paris |
Immigrants die in new fire A building was housing African immigrants in the central Marais area
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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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| Apr.15 |
Paris |
Hotel fire toll tops 20 A fire in a central Paris killed 20 people,including 10 children, and wounded more than 50 others
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| Nov.23 |
Moscow |
32 dead in dorm blaze The fire raged at a 5-story dormitory of the Patrice Lumumba Friendship of Peoples University, where many foreigners study
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| Apr.9 |
North Caucasus |
Deaf school blaze kills 28 A fire raged through a boarding school in Makhachkala, injuring about 100 others
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| Apr.7 |
Siberia |
School fire kills 22 The students were aged between 11 and 18. Fire engulfed a school in a remote village of republic of Yakutia
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| Jun.2 |
London |
Fire at Buckingham Palace| Smoke poured from a fourth-floor window in the midst of celebrating the 50-year reign of Queen Elizabeth II | |
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| Dec.15 |
Italy |
18 Pensioners die in inferno Fire has ripped through a pensioners' home killing 18 people, many in their sleep
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| Aug.17 |
Manila |
Manila hotel inferno kills 75 Gire gutted a 6-storey hotel. Emergency services still recovering bodies
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| Jun.5 |
China |
Kindergarten fire kills 13 A fire killed 13 toddlers aged between 3 and 4 years. Mosquito coils caught alight
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| Mar.25 |
Kenya |
Fire kills 58 children 58 students have been killed in a fire at a boarding school. 28 were seriously injured
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