Roads were closed, subway services were disrupted and basements were overwhelmed in the New York City area after “dangerous and life-threatening” torrential rain surged across the concrete expanse on Friday, CNN reported.
Fire Department officials said on reaching the site, they found vehicles parked in the ground floor parking of a four-storey building were on fire and that vehicles parked in the ground parking of a four-storey building located behind it had also caught fire
Following an accient at a distillery in a small Portuguese town of São Lorenco de Bairro, a river of red wine was seen flowing through the streets there, the New York Post reported.
A massive fire broke out at an electronic items factory at the Sahibabad industrial area in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad on Saturday night, district fire department officials said.
A fire department official said, "Total of 30 fire tenders are working to extinguish the fire. Six of the staff also suffered injuries in the operation, and efforts were underway to douse the fire."
A fire broke out in a private hospital in Warangal on Wednsday, said officials. Having received the information Fire department personnel reached the spot and doused the fire, rescuing 12 patients, the officials added.
"On the occasion of Independence Day, 2023, 53 personnel have been awarded Fire Service Medals. Out of these, President’s Fire Service Medal for Gallantry is awarded to 03 personnel and Fire Service Medal for Gallantry is awarded to 01 personnel for their respective acts of valour a
In a rescue operation on Saturday morning, a Pune fire brigade team along with a local animal NGO named Wild Animal and Snakes Protection Society sprang into action to save two dogs trapped inside a drum of asphalt (bitumen).