Firefighters
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Massive fire kills 9 at under-construction building in Taiwan
TEHRAN, Dec. 20 (MNA) – Nine people died Thursday in a massive fire in central Taiwan at a huge food-processing building that was under construction, news reports said.
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Plane crash outside of Costa Rica's capital kills 5
TEHRAN, Nov. 26 (MNA) – A small plane traveling to Costa Rica's capital of San Jose crashed on Monday afternoon, authorities said, killing five of the six passengers on board.
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Fire destroys 1,000 homes in Philippines
TEHRAN, Nov. 24 (MNA) – A fire has ripped through a coastal town in the Philippine capital, destroying a thousand homes and sending smoke billowing into the sky.
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10 killed as fire rips through in a retirement home in Spain
TEHRAN, Nov. 15 (MNA) – At least ten people have been killed and one left critically injured in a fire at a Spanish retirement home.
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Fire breaks out at UK nuclear submarine shipyard
TEHRAN, Oct. 30 (MNA) – Two people were taken to hospital after a "significant fire" broke out at the BAE Systems nuclear submarine shipyard in Barrow-in-Furness, police have said.
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7 dead, 2 missing in a house fire in east China’s Anhui
TEHRAN, Oct. 19 (MNA) – Seven people were killed and two remain missing after a house caught fire early on Saturday in the city of Huainan, east China's Anhui Province, according to the local emergency management bureau.
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7-year-old boy dies, 6 injured in New Castle house explosion
TEHRAN, Oct. 17 (MNA) – A seven-year-old boy has died and six people have been taken to hospital following an explosion which destroyed three houses.
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A bus catches fire in occupied territories (+Photos)
TEHRAN, Oct. 13 (MNA) – Local media on Sunday reported that a fire broke out in a bus in the occupied lands between Beer Sheba (Bir Saba’) and Dimona.
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VIDEO: Massive fire breaks out in Philadelphia
TEHRAN, Sep. 13 (MNA) – The footage shows flames fully engulfing a four-story building in the Frankford section of Philadelphia Friday morning.
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France wildfires force thousands to flee: report
TEHRAN, Aug. 19 (MNA) – Dozens of residents of the southwestern French town of Frontignan were evacuated on Sunday as wildfires burned through a nearby pine forest, local authorities said.
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One dead as Greek wildfire burns in Athens suburbs
TEHRAN, Aug. 13 (MNA) – Greece's worst wildfire of the year killed one person and continued to burn on the outskirts of the capital Athens on Tuesday, although lighter winds and firefighting efforts had helped reduce its intensity, authorities said.
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Thousands evacuated as wildfires approach Athens(+VIDEO)
TEHRAN, Aug. 12 (MNA) – Hundreds of firefighters have been deployed to battle a major forest fire raging out of control on the outskirts of the Greek capital Athens.
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Fire at shopping mall in southwest China kills 16 people
TEHRAN, Jul. 18 (MNA) – Sixteen people were killed after a fire broke out at a shopping mall in southwest China on Wednesday, according to Chinese state media.
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At least 16 killed after fire guts South Korea battery plant
TEHRAN, Jun. 24 (MNA) – A powerful explosion set a lithium battery factory on fire in South Korea on Monday, killing at least 16 people, and a search and rescue operation is ongoing for five others who remain missing, local fire officials said.
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One dead in Greek wildfires fanned by Gale-Force winds
TEHRAN, Jun. 22 (MNA) – A man died on Friday as several forest fires fanned by gale-force winds battered Greece's southern tip and forced evacuations, the fire brigade said.
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At least 27 people killed in fire at amusement park in India
TEHRAN, May 26 (MNA) – At least 27 people, most of them children, have died after a huge fire broke out at an amusement park in western India, police said.
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Fire destroys one of biggest shopping centers in Warsaw
TEHRAN, May 12 (MNA) – A massive fire that broke out on Saturday night in a shopping center in Warsaw almost completely destroyed the place, authorities said. Nobody was hurt during the fire.
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At least 15 killed in residential building fire in east China
TEHRAN, Feb. 24 (MNA) – At least 15 people have been killed and 44 injured in a fire at a residential building in eastern China's Nanjing, local authorities said on Saturday.
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Deadly fire engulfs apartment building in Spain’s Valencia
TEHRAN, Feb. 23 (MNA) – At least four people have been killed in a large blaze that ripped through an apartment building in Valencia, the Spanish city’s deputy director of emergencies said late Thursday.
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1 firefighter killed, 9 injured in Virginia house explosion
TEHRAN, Feb. 17 (MNA) – A firefighter was killed after a house in Virginia exploded Friday night, injuring 11 other people and scattering pieces of the home across the neighborhood, officials said.
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Fire breaks out at Sweden's amusement park
TEHRAN, Feb. 12 (MNA) – Black smoke rose over Sweden’s second-largest city on Monday after a fire broke out at a water park under construction at one of the country's biggest amusement centers.
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Huge fire engulfs Gandhi Hospital in Tehran (+VIDEO)
TEHRAN, Jan. 25 (MNA) – A huge fire engulfed the Gandhi Hotel Hospital in Tehran on Thursday night.
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School dormitory fire in central China kills 13
TEHRAN, Jan. 20 (MNA) – At least 13 people have been confirmed dead in a fire in a school dormitory in central China’s Henan Province.
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Hospital fire kills 3 in Rome outskirts
TEHRAN, Dec. 09 (MNA) – Three people have been confirmed dead following a fire that broke out on Friday night in Tivoli, a town on the eastern outskirts of Rome.
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6 dead, 2 injured in Philippines fire
TEHRAN, Nov. 25 (MNA) – A fire on Saturday gutted a house in Quezon province, southeast of the Philippines' Manila, killing six family members and injuring two others, police said.
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10-storey building caught fire in Turkey's Bursa (+VIDEO)
TEHRAN, Nov. 12 (MNA) – A fire broke out in a building on Ahmet Taner Kışlalı Boulevard in Özlüce District in Bursa, which is said to have a cafe on the ground floor.
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VIDEO: Fire engulfs UK airport's car park
TEHRAN, Oct. 11 (MNA) – All flights at London Luton Airport have been suspended and people have been asked not to travel there because of a large fire in a terminal car park.
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VIDEO: Fire devastates two disused buildings in Rouen
TEHRAN, Oct. 01 (MNA) – A major fire devastated two disused buildings in Rouen, France on Saturday evening, September 30, releasing significant plumes of smoke above the city.
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Massive warehouse explosion rocks Uzbekistan capital
TEHRAN, Sep. 28 (MNA) – A fire caused by a powerful explosion at a warehouse near Tashkent's airport had been contained and the situation was under control, Uzbekistan's Ministry of Emergency Situations (FVV) said on Thursday.
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VIDEO: Massive toxic fire in Queens, New York
TEHRAN, Sep. 05 (MNA) – The New York City Fire Department (FDNY) was battling a massive warehouse fire in Willets Point, Queens, late Monday night.