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Skint fire chiefs told to pay £4,000 for EACH soldier to cover striking firefighters

Skint fire service chiefs face having to pay £4,000 per week per soldier if they are drafted in to cover pay strikes from February - but they won't be allowed into burning buildings or to rescue people. One authority chairman blasted: 'It's crazy'

Daily Mirror

Jammu and Kashmir: Woman, her child killed after LPG cylinder explodes in Poonch

POONCH: In a tragic incident on Thursday, a mother and her minor son were burnt alive while and three others sustained injuries when an LPG cylinder caught fire and exploded in a house in Poonch district.

The Times of India

Edinburgh residents evacuated after emergency incident on busy street

The team of firefighters and four fire engines raced to reports of a fire in a flat on Easter Road shortly after 8.00 am on Thursday morning - there are no reports of any injuries.

Edinburgh Live

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Thanksgiving fire warning as chiefs caution against exploding turkeys - how to avoid it

The National Fire Protection Association have revealed more than 1,000 fires each year are caused by deep fryers on Thanksgiving, which results in $15million worth of property damage

Daily Mirror

2 dead, 11 injured in 8-car wrong-way crash on South Side

Police say a stolen Dodge Charger speeding north in southbound lanes struck oncoming cars and caught fire Wednesday evening near 87th Street and Cottage Grove Avenue.

Chicago Sun-Times

Cops in Lanarkshire launch probe after car and van deliberately torched

The blaze in The Murray area of East Kilbride is being treated as wilful by officers

Daily Record

Creeslough firefighters pay stunning tribute to café that looked after them as they worked through explosion tragedy

Firefighters worked through the night after the explosion that killed ten locals on October 7

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Belfast residents evacuated after "arson with intent to endanger life"

It happened at a residential property in the Carlisle Parade area

Belfast Live

Cork firefighters tackle large blaze at derelict building by the marina

The old R+H Hall offices caught fire in the early hours of the morning

Dublin Live

2 women killed in West Englewood house fire

Fire officials responded to an extra-alarm fire Tuesday night in the 7200 block of South Wolcott Avenue.

Chicago Sun-Times

Police appeal for witnesses after Scots sub station torched in deliberate fire

Officers discovered the blaze on Knockinlaw Mount at around 10.40pm on Monday, 21 November, while on routine patrol.

Daily Record

Police launch investigation as Kilmarnock sub-station fire treated as 'wilful'

A blaze on Knockinlaw Mount was spotted by officers at 10.40pm on Monday during routine patrols in Onthank.

Daily Record

Young mum dies two days after fatal house fire that killed her two babies

Fatoumatta Hydara was put on life support at Queen's Medical Centre two days after her two children, Naeemah Drammeh and Fatimah Drammeh, aged one and three died from the blaze which broke out on November 20.

Daily Record

Person killed in extra-alarm fire in Logan Square

The fire broke out in the 1800 block of North Sawyer Avenue shortly before 6 a.m., according to Chicago fire officials.

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Bulwell explosion: Man 'seriously injured' after huge blast destroys front of home

Firefighters have rushed to the scene of a huge "gas explosion" in Bulwell, Nottingham, with a man airlifted to hospital with serious injuries and neighbouring properties evacuated

Irish Mirror

Creeslough garda probe "one of the biggest ever" as detectives interview people abroad

Gardai said more than 500 lines of enquiry have been pursued and more than 300 statements have been taken

Dynamite News

China: Factory Blaze Kills 38 People In Henan Province

At least 38 people were killed after a fire broke out in a workshop in Anyang city of Henan province. Read on for details:

Daily Record

Fire at electricity substation sees residents evacuated from Ayrshire estate

The blaze took hold in Kilmarnock last night, leaving around 30 residents out of their homes.

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Evening Standard

Dozens killed in factory fire in central China ‘caused by illegal welding’

Death roll from blaze in Anyang has rised to 38, many of them women

Newcastle Herald

Neighbouring homes under threat as blaze consumes house at Telarah

Fire and Rescue NSW has reported that eight trucks and approximately 30 fire fighters are working to contain a house fire at Telarah.

ABC News

Major fuel stop between Queensland and NT closes indefinitely after serious kitchen fire

Motorists travelling between Queensland and the NT are urged to plan their fuel supplies, after a fire took out a vital roadhouse.

Daily Mirror

Dozens killed in horror blaze at chemical factory as rescuers search for missing

A massive blaze has swept through a chemical and electrical goods company in China's Henan province killing at least 36 people and search teams are now looking for the missing

Daily Mirror

Lewisham fire: Firefighters scramble to tower block after reports of 'explosions'

Around 60 people evacuated their flats early on Tuesday morning before fire crews arrived after flames began rising out of a tower block following reported explosions

ABC News

Lockyer Valley home where man was allegedly murdered destroyed by fire

A house in Queensland's Lockyer Valley where a 48-year-old man was discovered with multiple stab wounds earlier this year has been completely destroyed.

Al Jazeera

California announces end of ‘peak fire season’ after subdued year

The US state’s latest season bucks climate change-induced trend of wildfires that have grown in scope and intensity.

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