Tag: Flames

• Monday, April 22nd 2019 - 09:00 UTC

  Notre Dame miracle: bees and hives on top of the sacristy survived the fire

  

  Notre-Dame's smallest residents have survived the devastating fire which destroyed most of the cathedral's roof and toppled its famous spire. Some 200,000 bees living in hives on the roof were initially thought to have perished in the blaze.

• Monday, November 5th 2018 - 08:37 UTC

  Tower of London lit by flames to mark the centenary of the end of the First World War

  

  Some 10,000 flames were lit at the Tower of London to mark the centenary of the end of the First World War. Yeoman Warders, also known as Beefeaters, who have all served in the military, and representatives from the armed forces, started the process of lighting the flames at a ceremony on Sunday.

• Saturday, July 14th 2018 - 07:42 UTC

  No casualties reported as Chilean Antarctica base goes down in flames

  

  The Antarctic Maritime Government building in King George Island went down in flames at dawn Thursday. Nobody was injured and maritime traffic support went on with help from the INACh and the Air Force.

• Friday, April 13th 2018 - 09:17 UTC

  Photo of the year: Venezuelan Ronaldo Schemidt wins the World Press Photo

  

  Venezuelan photographer Ronaldo Schemidt received on Thursday the World Press Photo of the year in Amsterdam, one of the most prestigious in photojournalism, for a photograph shot in May 2017 during the protests in Venezuela while working for Agence France-Presse (AFP) . In the photograph a protester appears in flames, in front of a graffiti in which a weapon appears shooting at the word “peace”.