Tag: Fires
Not out of woods yet, but winds driving California fires die
LOS ANGELES: Calmer weather allowed crews to increase containment on wildfires after a three-week siege of gusts fanned blazes across California and led utilities...
Iran fires missiles at militants in Syria over parade attack
KERMANSHAH: Iran fired missiles on Monday at militants in Syria it blamed for an attack in southwestern Iran on Sept. 22, the Revolutionary Guards...
Portugal goes on high alert for fires as temperature soars
LISBON: Portugal went on high alert on Thursday as temperatures threaten to beat record levels in coming days, prompting the government to warn of...
Israel fires on would-be infiltrators from Gaza, teen killed
GAZA CITY: The Palestinian health ministry in Gaza says a teenager has died after being wounded in Israeli shelling along the border.
The Israeli military...
Fires kill 51 people during China’s Spring Festival
BEIJING: Across China 12,025 fires broke out from Feb. 15 to noon of Feb. 21, leaving 51 people dead and 9 injured, the fire...
Hurricanes, heat waves, fires ravaged planet in 2017
Fierce hurricanes, heat waves, floods and wildfires ravaged the planet in 2017, as scientists said the role of climate change in causing or worsening...
At least 21 dead, hundreds missing as winds fan California wildfires
Firefighters facing a resurgence of high winds on Wednesday struggled to halt wildfires that have killed at least 21 people, destroyed 3,500 structures and...
Residents in northern California evacuated amid fast-spreading fires
Buildings in California’s Napa and Sonoma counties were being evacuated early on Monday morning after multiple, fast-spreading wildfires engulfed the area with thick smoke...
Rae Chong fires broadside at Oprah
If this is Rae Dawn Chong’s idea of praise, we’d hate to see her when she’s feeling critical. In an interview with Matty P’s...
Arrests, fires and a dead body
A robbery occurred on Tuesday in the house of a businessman where robbers took Rs 1 million in cash and other valuables and escaped...
Opposition unites as Israel fires Syria warning shots
The Syrian opposition agreed on Sunday to unite against Bashar al-Assad's regime as Israel fired warning shots into the war-torn country in response to...
China fires back at US presidential candidates
Beijing urged the US presidential candidates on Tuesday to refrain from inflaming tensions with China after President Barack Obama and challenger Mitt Romney vowed...
India test fires nuclear-capable Prithvi-II missile
India on Thursday successfully test fired its indigenously developed, nuclear-capable ballistic missile Prithvi-II from a test range in Odisha.
“The 350-km range missile blasted off...
Costa Rica fires judge for being serial over-sleeper
Your honor, you’re late. Again. And you’re fired. A judge in Costa Rica has been sacked for serial tardiness, the newspaper La Nacion reported...
Pakistan Navy test fires missile
With a view to assess the Air Defence capabilities during the ongoing annual Pakistan Navy Maritime Exercise Seaspark 12, Pakistan Navy today, has successfully...
Baldia Town factory owners ‘go underground’
After appearing in a police station, here the proprietors of the “holocaust factory”, which became a homicidal gas chamber for hundreds of workers, have...
Tragedy in two cities
The two heart rendering and tear compelling incidents of fire in factories at Lahore and Karachi that devoured about three hundred lives have exposed...
