Tag: fire

• Saturday, December 24th 2022 - 10:50 UTC

  Chile: Two people dead, multiple homes burned down in Viña del Mar fire

  

  At least two people have been killed and over 400 homes were burned down in a fire Friday at Viña del Mar, 120 km west of the Chilean capital. Authorities foresee it will take several days to extinguish the fire and the national government has declared a state of catastrophe for the Valparaíso region.

• Tuesday, June 28th 2022 - 21:11 UTC

  At least 49 killed in Colombian prison fire

  

  At least 49 inmates died have died Tuesday during a riot at the Colombian prison in Tuluá, while 30 others and some keepers were also injured, it was reported.

• Saturday, June 25th 2022 - 09:44 UTC

  Faulty lithium batteries caused the fire that killed Jewish family in Buenos Aires

  

  Argentine prosecutors handling the case of Thursday's fire at a building in Buenos Aires' Recoleta neighborhood where 5 members of a Jewish family were killed Friday explained that according to preliminary forensic assessments the cause of ignition was a faulty skateboard lithium battery.

• Thursday, June 23rd 2022 - 21:51 UTC

  Five dead, many injured in Buenos Aires building fire

  

  At least five people belonging to a Jewish family died Thursday and 35 others were injured during a fire in a Buenos Aires uptown apartment building, it was reported.

• Thursday, February 24th 2022 - 09:49 UTC

  President Fernández to tour fire-torn Argentine province of Corrientes

  

  President Alberto Fernández will travel Friday to the areas in the Argentine province of Corrientes which have been affected by devastating fires over the past few days.

• Monday, February 21st 2022 - 10:05 UTC

  Argentine province of Corrientes gripped by uncontrolled fire

  

  Over 10% of the territory of the Argentine province of Corrientes (northeast) has been consumed over the past few days by fires that were caused intentionally, according to some video footage that went viral on social media.

• Wednesday, January 5th 2022 - 10:07 UTC

  Argentine Patagonia hit by devastating fire covering over 80,000 hectares

  

  About 80,000 hectares of Argentine Patagonia came under fire during the weekend and the smoke has even reached the city of La Plata, a little over 1,000 kilometers northeast of the epicenter in the Puerto Madryn region, in the province of Chubut.

• Sunday, October 3rd 2021 - 16:26 UTC

  Fire destroys half a small Honduran island

  

  At least 90 houses in the small Honduran island of Guanaja, a most coveted beach resort in the Caribbean Sea, have been brought down to its ashes Saturday when a fire broke out, it was reported.

• Monday, July 27th 2020 - 09:17 UTC

  A volunteer church assistant admits setting on fire the Gothic cathedral of Nantes

  

  A volunteer church assistant has confessed to setting the fire that severely damaged a Gothic cathedral in the western French city of Nantes, his lawyer said on Sunday, though his motives remain a mystery.

• Thursday, January 16th 2020 - 08:51 UTC

  Secret operation in Australia to save prehistoric species “dinosaur trees”

  

  A secret operation by specialist firefighters has saved the world's last stand of Wollemi Pines, a pre-historic species known as “dinosaur trees”, from Australia's unprecedented bushfires, officials said.