At least 56-people have died in a huge fire that tore through apartment buildings also used as chemical warehouses in an old part of the Bangladeshi capital, a fire official said Thursday.
At least 17 people died on Tuesday as a fire tore through a budget hotel in Delhi before dawn, in the latest disaster to raise concerns over fire safety in India.
Brazilian football was in mourning on Friday after 10 people died when a fire ripped through a youth training facility at the country’s most popular club, Flamengo, authorities said.
Fire-fighters have managed to extinguish the blaze at Holy Cross Primary School and started with damping down operations as the Cape Town heat continues to persist.
The alleged Overstrand arsonist, Sheldon April, who is accused of igniting a devastating fire in a nature reserve near Betty’s Bay on New Year’s Day, has been granted bail of R5 000 in the Caledon Magistrate’s Court.
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