Fires

Four men plead guilty to arson attack on Jewish ambulances in London

The scene of an anti-Semitic arson attack in the Golders Green neighbourhood of north London, on March 24.

3 dead in fire at paint material factory in South Korea

Flame and smoke fumes out from a factory producing raw materials for paint in South Korea’s South Chungcheong province, on Aug. 28.

Lebanon accuses Israel of burning forest, farmland in south

Multiple fires were raging in south Lebanon, mostly inside Israel’s self-declared “security zone”, which runs around 10km deep inside Lebanese territory along the border.

Six Chinese nationals among seven killed in Russian gas plant fire

Seven people died and 152 people were treated for injuries, including 36 who were rushed to hospitals after the incident.

‘Black smoke’ chokes Pakistan maternity ward as hospital fire kills 14 infants

TOPSHOT - Jaweria (C), who said she lost her child in the fire, reacts following a blaze at the Mother and Child Health (MCH) ward of the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) Hospital in Islamabad on August 26, 2026. A fire in a maternity ward at a public hospital in the Pakistani capital Islamabad on August 26 morning killed 14 children, a local authority said. (Photo by Aamir QURESHI / AFP)

Fire breaks out in bedroom of Balestier apartment; no injuries reported

SCDF said it was alerted to a fire at 2 Ava Road at about 9.15pm on Aug 25.

Bangladesh court upholds death sentence over teacher who burned teen alive

The court also maintained the death penalty for a co-conspirator in the murder of Nusrat Jahan Rafi, while 10 other defendants were acquitted.

Indonesia to open airspace for cloud seeding to tackle haze, Malaysia says

Indonesia has been stepping up efforts to slow the spread of haze caused by forest and land fires across several provinces.

One person taken to hospital after fire breaks out in York Hotel kitchen

The fire involved contents of a kitchen on the second floor of the building, SCDF said, adding that the fire was put out with a fire extinguisher.

Owner of Swiss bar in deadly blaze held for domestic abuse, report says

Jacques and Jessica Moretti, the couple who ran the Swiss bar in the ski resort of Crans-Montana which burst into flames during a New Year’s Eve party, arrive for questioning at the Public Ministry of the Canton of Valais in Sion in south-western Switzerland, on Jan 9.

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