More fires burned in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest this August than in any month in nearly five years, due to a surge in illegal deforestation. Satellite sensors detected 33,116 fires according to Brazil’s national space institute. The dry season months of August and September are usually worst for both deforestation and fire. It was […]
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Deadly wildfires contained in Algeria after homes, livelihoods lost
Algiers: Wildfires which killed at least 38 people across northern Algeria have been contained, firefighters said Friday, as volunteers mobilised to help those who lost homes and livelihoods in the tragedy. “All of the fires have been completely brought under control,” said fire brigade Colonel Farouk Achour, of the civil defence department. Fierce fires have […]
Algeria forest blazes kill 38
El Kala, Algeria: Algerian firefighters Thursday battled two dozen blazes fanned by hot winds that have killed at least 38 people and left destruction across the drought-hit North African country. Deadly forest fires have become an annual scourge in the North African country, where climate change is turning large areas into a tinderbox in the […]
41 killed in fire at Cairo Coptic church
CAIRO: A fire that broke out Sunday in a Coptic Christian church in Egypt’s capital Cairo killed 41 people, church officials said. The blaze started for unknown reasons at the Abu Sifine church in the capital’s northwestern, working-class district of Imbaba, officials said. President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi declared on his Facebook page that “I have […]
Explosions, ‘unprecedented’ fire hit Berlin forest
BERLIN: An “unprecedented” fire broke out Thursday around a German police munitions storage site in a popular forest in western Berlin, sending plumes of smoke into the skies and setting off explosions. Firefighters were unable to tackle the blaze directly due to the danger of further blasts, with emergency services setting up a 1,000-metre (3,280-foot) […]
Elon Musk puts the Twitter on fire
Elon Musk puts the twitter on fire on Friday and filed claims against Twitter as he fights back against the tech firm’s lawsuit demanding he be held to his $44 billion buyout deal. Musk´s counter-suit was submitted along with a legal defense against Twitter’s claim that the billionaire is contractually bound to complete the deal […]
Wife sets husband on fire over domestic dispute
MUZAFFARGARH: A woman allegedly set her husband on fire, when he was asleep, over a domestic dispute at Mauza Khanani of Seetpur area of Tehsil Alipur on Sunday night. According to police sources, 42-year old Bilal Hussain had a dispute with his wife Nasreen Bibi over some domestic issues. On Sunday late night, Nasreen Bibi […]
One dead in Shanghai chemical plant explosion
SHANGHAI: Shanghai authorities on Saturday announced an investigation into a massive chemical plant blaze that left one person dead and another injured in the first major industrial accident since the city lifted lockdown in early June. The fire at a Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical Co. plant in outlying Jinshan district broke out at around dawn on […]
President concerned over wildfire incidents
ISLAMABAD: President Dr. Arif Alvi Sunday expressed his serious concerns over increasing incidents of forest fires in different parts of the country. The president said that such fire incidents were causing huge financial loss to the nation as it deprived the effectees of their livelihood, put the life and properties of the inhabitants at high […]
Seven arrested over setting forest ablaze in Swat
PESHAWAR: The Swat Police has arrested seven persons over charges of setting forest ablaze in Kabal area of the district. The action has been taken over complaint of DFO Swat and Forest Block Officer Kabal, said a statement issued here on Thursday. The accused put the forest on fire in Khemdara area, Astogeh, and Docut […]