Fire
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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.
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Fire erupts at oil refining company in central Iran
TEHRAN, Nov. 04 (MNA) – A fire broke out on Tuesday at the Eyvanki Oil Refining Company in Jannat Abad Industrial Town, with firefighting and emergency teams from Semnan and Tehran provinces currently working to contain the blaze.
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Massive explosion reported in northeastern Syria
TEHRAN, Nov. 02 (MNA) – A massive explosion reported on Sunday near the “Tal Brak” area in the northeastern province of Al-Hasakah in Syria.
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VIDEO: Derailed train catches fire in Mexico
TEHRAN, Nov. 02 (MNA) – A large fire broke out after a train carrying ethanol derailed in the city of Tepetitlán, Mexico.
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25 killed in India after bus catches fire in crash
TEHRAN, Oct. 24 (MNA) – A passenger bus has erupted in flames after a crash with a motorcycle, killing at least 25 people and injuring several others in southern India, police said.
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Police attacked as violence erupts outside Dublin hotel
TEHRAN, Oct. 22 (MNA) – Irish police have been attacked with missiles after violence took place outside a Dublin hotel used to house asylum seekers.
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VIDEO: Fire hits military factory in occupied Palestine
TEHRAN, Oct. 19 (MNA) – The footage shows a massive fire at an American-Israeli military factory in Tirat Carmel in occupied Palestine.
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Power bank explodes on Air China flight (+VIDEO)
TEHRAN, Oct. 18 (MNA) – An Air China flight from Hangzhou to Incheon made an emergency landing in Shanghai after a power bank exploded. No injuries were reported.
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Fire at Dhaka airport terminal suspended flights (+VIDEO)
TEHRAN, Oct. 18 (MNA) – A massive fire broke out at the cargo section of Bangladesh's main Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital Dhaka on Saturday, suspending all flights and landing operations, according to airport officials.
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Fire breaks out in a hospital in Syria
TEHRAN, Oct. 11 (MNA) – A fire broke out on the fifth floor at the University Children’s Hospital in Damascus, caused by an electrical short circuit, hospital officials said.