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Israel to send help to fight wildfires in Greece
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], August 10 (ANI/Sputnik): Israel intends to send three planes to help Greece extinguish forest fires in addition to 15 Israeli firefighters who are already assisting the efforts, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett told his Greek counterpart.
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Dixie Fire grows to 2nd largest wildfire in California's history
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
California [US], August 9 (ANI/Xinhua): A fast-moving wildfire has grown to the second largest one in California's history as more than 8,500 firefighters are continuing to battle 11 major wildfires across the state, authorities said Sunday.
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China: 8 confirmed dead in Shanghai factory fire
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Shanghai [China], April 23 (ANI/Xinhua): Eight people, including two firefighters, have been confirmed dead in a fire that broke out at a factory in Shanghai Thursday afternoon, local authorities said Friday.
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2 firefighters die in battling Beijing's power station fire
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Beijing [China], April 17 (ANI/Xinhua): Two firefighters died when they were putting out a fire in an energy storage power station in Beijing, China on Friday.
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2 firefighters injured while dousing fire in Maharashtra's Thane
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Thane (Maharashtra) [India], January 10 (ANI): As many as two firefighters of Thane were injured while extinguishing a fire in a shop in Ram Nagar area on Saturday, said Thane Municipal Corporation.
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France dispatches firefighters with COVID-19 test kits to UK border amid b
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], December 24 (ANI/Sputnik): France has deployed 26 firefighters with thousands of COVID-19 test kits to the port of Dover, a major transit hub between France and the UK, to help accelerate the passage for trucks blocked in the area due to fresh restrictions caused by the new coro
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'Sopranos' cast reunites online to aid firefighters
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 19 (ANI): Cast members from Italian-American Crime show 'Sopranos' reunited online on Friday night (local time) for a reading of a brand-new sketch - all for a good cause.
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Karachi's fire department in dilapidated condition
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], November 23 (ANI): Karachi's fire department lies in sheer neglect as not only the infrastructure is crumbling but the firefighters have not been paid for a couple of months.
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Uttarakhand: Fire breaks out in furniture shop due to crackers, later dous
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Uttarkashi (Uttarakhand) [India], November 14 (ANI): A fire broke out in a furniture shop in the Pipal Mandi area of Uttarkashi district here on Saturday. It was soon doused after the immediate intervention of the fire department.
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Study shows COVID-19 risk to firefighters, emergency medical workers in Ne
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 30 (ANI): Firefighters and emergency medical workers in New York City were 15 times more likely to be infected during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic compared to the general public, according to a study published in ERJ Open Research.
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Couple rescued by fire fighters from flooded Andhra village
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Krishna (Andhra Pradesh) [India], September 29 (ANI): A couple was rescued by firefighters from a flooded island village called Vallurupalem in the Krishna district in Andhra Pradesh after water levels rose due to incessant rain in the region.
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Odisha: NDRF, Fire Services Personnel to donate plasma for treatment of se
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], July 19 (ANI): The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and Odisha Fire Services personnel, who have recovered from COVID-19, have volunteered to donate Plasma for the treatment of serious patients fighting with the virus in the state, officials said on Sa
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