Massive fire as Sudanese factions battle for control of arms factory
Khartoum, SudanReuters A massive fire broke out on Wednesday near a military complex containing an arms factory in southern Khartoum that Sudan’s army has battled to defend in some of the fiercest fighting for weeks in its conflict with a rival faction, witnesses said. The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, in the eighth week of a […]
Time machine: Rebuilding Notre Dame’s fire-ravaged roof transports workers back to Middle Ages
Saint-Laurent-de-la-Plaine, France AP If time travel was possible, medieval carpenters would surely be amazed to see how woodworking techniques they pioneered in building Notre Dame Cathedral more than 800 years ago are being used again today to rebuild the world-famous monument’s fire-ravaged roof. Certainly the reverse is true for the modern-day carpenters using medieval-era skills. Working with hand […]
At least 19 die in school dormitory fire in Guyana; police say it may have been arson
Updated: 10:45am (AEST) Georgetown, Guyana Reuters An overnight fire in a school dormitory in Guyana that killed at least 19 children may have been arson, the country’s police and fire services said on Monday. The building in the central city of Mahdia was “completely engulfed in flames” by the time firefighters arrived around midnight, the […]
Gold mine fire in Peru kills 27
Lima, PeruReuters A fire in a small gold mine in southern Peru has left 27 people dead, authorities said on Sunday, in the country’s single deadliest mining accident in more than two decades. In a statement, the local government said a short-circuit sparked the fire in the early morning hours of Saturday in the southern […]
Fire in a children’s shelter in Brazil leaves at least four dead, 13 injured
Reuters At least four people died and 13 were injured in a fire at a shelter for children and adolescents in north-eastern Brazil on Friday, the local fire department said. Firemen were called to fight a fire at the Lar Paulo de Tarso charity institution in Recife, capital of the Pernambuco state, at around 4:20am. […]
Mexico’s deadly fire a sign to rethink migrant detention centres, Red Cross says
Mexico City Reuters The fire that led to the deaths of 40 people in a migrant detention centre in northern Mexico marks a “good moment” to consider alternatives to depriving migrants of their freedom, a senior Red Cross regional officer said. Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said the detainees had been unable to escape […]
Prosecutors probe Mexico immigration chief over fire that killed 40 migrants
Mexico City, Mexico Reuters The head of Mexico’s immigration agency, Francisco Garduno, is under investigation over a deadly fire last month at a migrant detention center in the northern border city of Ciudad Juarez, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Wednesday. A view shows migrants camp outside the immigration detention centre where several migrants […]
Firefighters, army douse massive fire in Bangladesh market
Dhaka, Bangladesh Reuters Firefighters and army personnel have extinguished a fire that ripped through a crowded shopping complex in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka early on Tuesday, injuring several firefighters and burning down some 5,000 stores. The complex hosts some 3,000 shops in the Bangabazar area, home to the country’s famed cloth markets. The blaze broke out […]
Migrants cried for help in Mexico fire but no one came, survivor recalls
Ciudad Juarez, Mexico Reuters Eduard Caraballo screamed for help. Thick suffocating smoke was filling the cell where he was held with over 60 other migrants in northern Mexico, but there was no way out. The single door was locked shut. “We screamed for them to open the cell door, but no one helped us,” Caraballo, […]
Arrests made in deadly fire at Mexico detention centre
Mexico City, Mexico Reuters Five people have been arrested for alleged roles in the deaths of 39 people at a Mexican migrant detention centre this week after a fire broke out, authorities said Thursday. Six warrants were issued against three immigration institute officers, two private security officers and the person who allegedly started the fire, […]