Fire
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Massive fire destroys distribution facility in California
TEHRAN, Jun. 12 (MNA) – Firefighters responded to a massive fire in Tracy, the US state of California, that left a 1 million-square-foot medical supply distribution center in ruins and sent large plumes of black smoke and debris into the sky.
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UKMTO reports incident for tanker off Oman coast
TEHRAN, Jun. 08 (MNA) – A fire broke out on board an oil tanker not far from Oman’s coast, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) center under the Royal Navy said.
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Fire breaks out in one of Russia's southern ports
TEHRAN, May 30 (MNA) – Ukrainian drones struck a tanker at Russia's port of Taganrog overnight and hit an oil depot in the city of Armavir, authorities in the southern regions of Rostov and Krasnodar said on Saturday.
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School fire in Kenya claims at least 10 students: report
TEHRAN, May 28 (MNA) – A dormitory fire in Kenya's central region of Nakuru killed at least 10 students, media said on Thursday, citing a senior police official.
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VIDEO: A fast-moving forest fire rips through Florida
TEHRAN, May 11 (MNA) – A fast-moving forest fire in Florida, USA, has spiraled out of control, reducing more than 20,000 decares (nearly 5,000 acres) of land to ashes.
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Fire in New Delhi building kills nine
TEHRAN, May 03 (MNA) – Nine people were killed, and several were injured after a massive fire broke out at a four-storey building in Delhi’s Vivek Vihar area early on Sunday morning, officials said, according to Local media.
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VIDEO: Fire breaks out in a lab bldg. at Florida University
TEHRAN, May 03 (MNA) – A fire broke out Saturday evening at a lab building on the University of South Florida campus in St. Petersburg, prompting an evacuation, authorities said.
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Fire erupts in a lab bldg. at University of S Florida campus
TEHRAN, May 03 (MNA) – A fire broke out on Saturday evening at a lab building on the University of South Florida campus in St. Petersburg, prompting an evacuation, authorities said.
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VIDEO: Fire erupts at UK air base used by US bombers
TEHRAN, Apr. 26 (MNA) – Fire erupts at UK air base used by US bombers. Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service was called to RAF Fairford at 1:25 a.m. GMT on Sunday after flames were spotted at the base.
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VIDEO: A huge blaze engulfed a hotel in Wisconsin, USA
TEHRAN, Feb. 24 (MNA) – Multiple fire departments battled a huge blaze at a hotel in Wisconsin on Monday. The upper level of Superior & Sage Hotel on Hammond Avenue was seen burning.
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Wildfires rage in Oklahoma as thousands urged to evacuate
TEHRAN, Feb. 18 (MNA) – Warm, dry and windy weather in Oklahoma has fueled multiple wildfires and prompted authorities to urge nearly one-third of the residents of the small city of Woodward to flee.
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Fire in church in US injures five
TEHRAN, Feb. 17 (MNA) – A CATASTROPHIC explosion has ripped through a church in upstate New York, sending at least five people to the hospital, authorities say.
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VIDEO: People leaping from window in blaze building in Moscow
TEHRAN, Feb. 16 (MNA) – People were seen leaping from fourth-floor windows as a fierce fire ripped through a Moscow hostel. The 80-square-meter blaze left terrified guests with no other way out—some tied bed sheets to lower themselves.
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Oil refinery ablaze in Cuba as fuel crisis deepens
TEHRAN, Feb. 14 (MNA) – A fire at an oil refinery in Cuba has been brought under control quickly, as the country faces a deepening fuel crisis.
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Chile declares state of catastrophe amid wildfires
TEHRAN, Jan. 19 (MNA) – Chilean President Gabriel Boric has declared a state of catastrophe in two regions where deadly wildfires have left at least 19 people dead.
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VIDEO: Foreign-backed rioters set mosque on fire in Tehran
TEHRAN, Jan. 19 (MNA) – Footage from foreign‑backed rioters in Tehran shows them setting a mosque on fire!
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At least 6 killed in Pakistan as fire rips through Karachi
TEHRAN, Jan. 18 (MNA) – At least six people have been killed and about 20 injured when a fire tore through a shopping mall in Karachi, Pakistani officials say, as firefighters try to bring the blaze under control.
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Massive fire at Kalleh dairy factory
TEHRAN, Jan. 05 (MNA) – A massive fire engulfed the prominent Iranian diary factory Kalleh in Amol, Mazandaran Province in the north of Iran on Monday.
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Possible arson at Berlin cable link cuts power to households
An electric cable ramp in Berlin caught fire on Saturday, cutting power to 50,000 households in the neighborhood of Lichterfelde, local police said, adding that the fire may have been caused by arson.
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Fire breaks out at 7-story building in Indonesia, 20 killed
TEHRAN, Dec. 09 (MNA) – A fire broke out at a seven-story building in Indonesia’s capital Jakarta on Tuesday, an official said on Tuesday, with 20 people confirmed dead.
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Hong Kong fire death toll rises to 146
TEHRAN, Nov. 30 (MNA) – Rescuers have discovered 18 more bodies at the site of a major fire in Hong Kong, bringing the death toll to 146, the South China Morning Post newspaper reported, citing a police spokesperson
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Iran thanks Turkey for coop. in containing Elit forest blaze
TEHRAN, Nov. 29 (MNA) – Iran’s Agriculture Minister Gholamreza Nouri-Ghezeljeh thanked his Turkish counterpart for cooperation of neighboring Turkey in extinguishing the forest fire in Chalus, Mazandaran province.
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Iran offers condolences over Hong Kong building fire to China
TEHRAN, Nov. 27 (MNA) – Spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry has expressed his condolences over the high-rise building fire in Hong Kong, China, which resulted in the deaths of dozes of people and injuries of several others.
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Hong Kong fire death toll reaches 55
TEHRAN, Nov. 27 (MNA) – A fire that raced through several high-rise buildings in a Hong Kong apartment complex has killed at least 55 people.
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Fire breaks out on cargo ship in Port of Los Angeles
TEHRAN, Nov. 22 (MNA) – A fire broke out on a cargo ship docked at the Port of Los Angeles on Friday.
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Fire engulfs Venezuela’s Petrocedeno oil upgrader
TEHRAN, Nov. 20 (MNA) – A massive explosion and fire tore through Venezuela’s Petrocedeno oil upgrader in Anzoátegui state, sending thick clouds of smoke over the facility and forcing emergency evacuations.
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Turkish ship caught fire in Ukraine's Izmail (+VIDEO)
TEHRAN, Nov. 17 (MNA) – Following a nighttime Russian attack on the port of Izmail, gas pumping equipment on board a civilian vessel flying the Turkish flag caught fire, according to the Ministry of Community and Territorial Development of Ukraine.
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VIDEO: Fire engulfs commercial shops in Baghdad
TEHRAN, Nov. 17 (MNA) – A number of commercial shops in the Al-Talibiya area in eastern Baghdad were engulfed in a large fire.
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Massive fire engulfs South Korean warehouse
TEHRAN, Nov. 15 (MNA) – A fire breaks out at E-Land Fashion's logistics center in Cheonan, about 90 kilometers south of Seoul, the capital of South Korea.
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Fire kills six at Turkish perfume warehouse
TEHRAN, Nov. 09 (MNA) – Five other people were injured, one of them seriously, and the owner of the warehouse was among three people arrested in the aftermath of the fire, officials said.