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Pakistan: Gul Plaza fire tragedy exposes shortage of fire stations in Kara
Updated : 4 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The devastating fire at Gul Plaza, which killed 28 people, has brought into sharp focus the chronic lack of fire safety infrastructure in Karachi, Pakistan's largest city with an estimated population of nearly 25 million
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Karachi's Gul Plaza inferno death toll rises to 14
Updated : 4 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The blaze, which erupted late Saturday night (local time), reduced much of the multi-storey complex to rubble and took firefighters more than 24 hours to control. Flames were still visible deep within the wreckage, forcing crews to proceed with caution while the "cooling process" continued a
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Uttarakhand CM Dhami seeks urgent details from Goa govt after reports of s
Updated : 6 months ago IST
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami reached out to Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant after receiving initial inputs suggesting that some residents of Uttarakhand may have been among those affected in the devastating nightclub fire in North Goa's Arpora area, which claimed 25 liv
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Hong Kong blaze kills at least 83; dozens missing as massive housing compl
Updated : 6 months, 1 week ago IST
At least 83 people have been killed and more than 100 injured so far after the massive fire swept through an extensive public housing complex in Hong Kong, marking one of the city's deadliest disasters in decades, CNN reported, citing local authorities and Hong Kong media.
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Swift response by Dial-112 averts major fire disaster at Hyderabad's Garde
Updated : 11 months, 3 weeks ago IST
A major fire tragedy was averted in Hyderabad due to the rapid intervention of Telangana's Dial-112 emergency response system. The incident occurred at Garden Tower, an apartment complex near First Lancer, after an electrical short circuit in an AC unit sparked flames, said Telangana State I
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Death toll in Hyderabad's Gulzar House fire reaches 17
Updated : 1 year ago IST
A total of 17 people lost their lives in the fire incident that broke out at a building at Hyderabad's Gulzar House near Charminar on Sunday morning, as per Telangana Fire Disaster Response Emergency and Civil Defence.
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London fire: Protesters swarm Downing Street, demand May's resignatio
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], June. 17 (ANI): Angry protestors marched to Downing Street from the Home Office headquarters, chanting against Prime Minister Theresa May over the deadly Grenfell Tower fire disaster
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INS Trikand swings into action, provides assistance to victims of Ambilobe
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Ambilobe [Madagascar], Sept.3 (ANI): Indian Navy ship 'Trikand' of the Western Fleet, which is on a goodwill visit to East Africa and Southern Indian Ocean, provided assistance to the victims of Ambilobe fire disaster in Madagascar.
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