A huge fire has broken out in a busy UK town centre, with smoke seen for miles. Firefighters have scrambled to a tower block near Reading station this morning (Thursday, November 23) at the former Forster Wheeler building. Dramatic pictures and videos
As many as 70 firefighters are battling a major blaze at a pub in west London. The whole of the roof and half of the first floor of the pub are alight. The pub is on Greenford Road in Sudbury Hill, near
Firefighters in eastern Croatia were battling to contain a huge fire in a plastics factory on Wednesday, and authorities asked residents to remain indoors and keep their widows shut. The fire erupted early Wednesday in the Drava International factory complex in the
Shocking image warns smokers after a charging vape caught fire and left an entire room charred. Essex County Fire and Rescue are calling on vapers to stay by their devices if they’re charging to avoid future blazes. A bedroom in a town
At least six people died in a fire at the popular Teatre nightclub in the southeastern city of Murcia in Spain. But local authorities warned the death toll could rise. Local authorities said the blaze broke out around 4am GMT (6am local
A fire in a commercial building south of Benin’s capital has killed at least 35 people, authorities said, as they started an investigation. The gutted and burned ruins of a building in Seme-Podji, 6 miles south of the capital Porto-Novo, and the
Puerto Rico’s National Guard was deployed to help fight a large fire at a landfill in the U.S Virgin Islands that has been burning for more than a week and which has forced schools and businesses to close, officials said Friday. Helicopters
Greek authorities sent 100 extra firefighters Thursday to the country’s northeast where a massive blaze in its 13th day flared up again, prompting authorities to put residents on standby for a possible evacuation. The fire that started Aug. 19 — part of
A fire killed 15 people Thursday in a small apparel factory in a Philippine residential area, where firefighters were delayed by flooding, traffic and a wrong address, a fire protection official. Most of the victims appeared to be factory workers and carpenters
A massive fire in a tower block in Johannesburg has killed at least 63 people, emergency services in South Africa have said. Emergency Management Services said another 43 people were injured in the blaze, which broke out in the predawn hours Thursday.