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Delhi emerging as a tinderbox with poor strength of firefighters
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 8 (ANI): The national capital is emerging as a tinderbox as data shows that there has been a constant increase in the number of fire calls received by Delhi Fire Services (DFS).
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Distress tolerance plays role in alcohol use and abuse among firefighters:
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 3 (ANI): Researchers have come up with a new study, which states that firefighters who struggle with post-traumatic stress disorder (PSTD) symptoms and who think they cannot handle negative emotions are more likely to use alcohol, and are more likely to use it to c
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Delhi: Fire breaks out at factory, 3 firefighters injured
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 4 (ANI): A major fire broke out in a four-storey factory in Delhi's Peeragarhi area on late Sunday night in which three firefighters have sustained injuries while dousing the flames.
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MP: Fire at godown behind hospital extinguished, over 40 patients shifted
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Oct 29 (ANI): The blaze at a tyre godown behind a hospital here was brought under control by firefighters in the wee hours of Tuesday.
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Fire breaks out at chemical factory in France
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Rouen [France], Sept 27 (ANI): A massive blaze broke out at a chemical factory here on Tuesday morning with around 130 firefighters present at the spot and trying to douse the fire.
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Trump signs 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund bill into law for first responde
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 30 (ANI): President Donald Trump on Monday signed the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund Bill into law to provide health care facilities to the police officers, firefighters and other first responders to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
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Mumbai: 60 people rescued in MTNL building fire; rescue ops underway
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 22 (ANI): A huge fire broke out at the Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) building in Mumbai's Bandra West here on Monday afternoon with at reportedly 100 people trapped on its terrace. Firefighters have rescued 60 people so far but at least 30 people
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Gurugram: 1 detained after locals thrash 3 fire fighters
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Gurugram (Haryana) [India], July 12 (ANI): One person was detained on Friday after locals of the DLF area here allegedly thrashed and injured three firefighters, who were there to douse a fire.
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Paris cathedral blaze: Precious artwork being evacuated, both towers safe
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Paris [France], Apr 16 (ANI): Precious artwork held within the Notre Dame Cathedral is being evacuated, as firefighters battle to save the iconic 13th Century structure here in Paris, according to Jean-Claude Gallet, the Commander General of the Paris Fire Brigade.
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German authorities detonate World War II bomb found in Frankfurt river
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Frankfurt [Germany], Apr 15 (ANI): Around 600 people were evacuated from their homes, after a WWII bomb found by firefighters taking part in a diving exercise in a river in Frankfurt, Germany, was safely detonated on Sunday.
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24 firefighters killed in China's forest fire
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Western Sichuan [China], Apr 1 (ANI): At least 24 firefighters were killed while struggling to douse a forest's fire in mountains of Western Sichuan province of China, said Chinese military on Monday, reports FOX News.
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Fire breaks out at Mumbai building, doused
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Feb 20 (ANI): A fire broke out at a building in South Mumbai in the wee hours of Wednesday and firefighters managed to douse the flames. No injuries or casualties have been reported in the fire.
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