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A devastating fire tore through high-rise residential towers in Hong Kong and killed at least 36 people and left 279 missing.The hellfire raised an urgent question about why the blaze spread so quickly and what fuelled its deadly outburst. An ‘unusual’ fire that crept with help of styrofoam The disaster was one of the city’s…
(Video credits: X @BGatesIsaPyscho) A fire broke out at the COP30 climate summit in Belem, Brazil, on Thursday, forcing thousands of delegates to evacuate and halting negotiations at a critical moment in the two-week conference. Ironically, the blaze appears to have been caused by electrical equipment, likely a microwave — showing that even a summit…
Screen grab (Source: X @geotechwar, @RT_com) A chartered Embraer ERJ‑145LR carrying Democratic Republic of Congo mines minister Louis Watum Kabamba and around 20 others onboard skidded off the runway and caught fire at Kolwezi Airport on Monday.According to The Sun, the aircraft, returning from Kinshasa, came in to land around 11 am when it overshot runway 29…
JAMMU: A 55-year-old man was found completely engulfed in flames on the outskirts of Jammu. Police along with residents doused the flames and rushed him to the govt medical college for treatment.Residents spotted Puran Chand, of RS Pura, burning near Ring Road in Kotli Mian Fateh under Miran Sahib police station. Police have registered a…
Photo by Derek Cain/Getty Images The Toronto Maple Leafs are making key lineup adjustments as they prepare to host the Calgary Flames on Tuesday night at Scotiabank Arena. With forwards William Nylander, Calle Jarnkrok, and Scott Laughton sidelined due to injuries, head coach Craig Berube is calling on a familiar player — Sammy Blais —…
NAVI MUMBAI: Amid Diwali celebrations, a major fire broke out in a 12-storey upscale society in Vashi a little after Monday midnight, claiming the lives of an 84-year-old bedridden woman and a three member family two floors above.Ten other residents of the top three floors of Raheja Residency in M G Complex, Sector 14, Vashi,…
A passenger’s power bank ignited on an IndiGo flight bound for Dimapur while taxiing at Delhi airport on Sunday (Representative image) NEW DELHI: Panic briefly gripped passengers aboard a Dimapur-bound IndiGo flight on Sunday when a passenger’s power bank caught fire while the aircraft was taxiing at the Delhi airport. The crew acted promptly, extinguishing…
Jaisalmer bus fire (PTI photo) JAISALMER: A private bus, recently modified from non-AC to AC just a week ago, turned into a deadly inferno on Tuesday afternoon, killing 20 people — including three children — and critically injuring 15 others. The fire broke out near Thaiyat village, about 10 km from Jaisalmer city, trapping passengers…
Celeste celebrates Leon Draisaitl’s 400th (Image via: Getty Images) The Edmonton Oilers kicked off their 2025 NHL season at Rogers Place with a dramatic 4-3 shootout loss to the Calgary Flames on Wednesday. While the defeat was disappointing for Oilers fans, the night belonged to Leon Draisaitl, who reached a major career milestone by scoring…
A large-scale Russian attack on Friday caused a fire in a high-rise apartment building in central Kyiv and struck energy facilities across Ukraine, officials said.Energy minister Svitlana Grynchuk said Russian forces were targeting energy infrastructure and that repair crews were working to reduce the impact of the strikes, news agency AFP reported.“The capital of the…
