A German Navy frigate has found itself in an awkward and dangerous emergency, when its missile misfired and caught fire right over the vessel’s deck. The dramatic footage of the close-call moment was caught on film. ‘Sachsen’, one of the newest guided-missile frigates in Germany’s Navy, had been traversing waters off Norway’s coast with the […]
A firefighter responding to an explosion at a retirement home in Long Beach has been fatally shot by a senior resident of the facility, who also injured two more people in what authorities believe to be a planned ambush. Just before 4:00 am Monday morning, an explosion rocked the Covenant Manor affordable senior housing facility […]
Firefighters are battling a massive blaze that has engulfed the famous Glasgow School of Art Mackintosh building, which had been undergoing a multi-million restoration project following a devastating fire in 2014. “There is a fire at the Mackintosh Building. The fire brigade are currently on scene,” posted the Glasgow School of Art’s Twitter account. Authorities […]
An out-of-control blaze at a scrapyard has grounded planes at a UK airport, as plumes of thick black smoke fill the sky and the A45 is brought to its knees. Coventry fire crews are fighting to get the incident under control. As of 12.04pm, 12 fire trucks from Coventry, Binley, Kenilworth, Leamington, Rugby were battling […]
Iraq’s largest ballot paper warehouse has caught fire with flames destroying parts of the complex. The blaze comes as the country prepares for a parliamentary election recount. The inferno at the storage center broke out on Sunday, with early reports from the Iraqi Interior Ministry suggesting that some votes cast on May 12 have been […]
Dubai firefighters are battling a major fire at a high-rise residential building in the city. Footage from the scene shared on social media shows flames and huge plumes of smoke engulfing the tower. Dubai Civil Defence said they were working to put out the blaze at Zen Tower in the Marina area on Sunday morning, […]
Published time: 24 Apr, 2018 11:06 Edited time: 24 Apr, 2018 11:08 A large fire has broken out across a row of stores in the Fordham area of the Bronx in New York City. The blaze took hold at East 194th Street in the early hours of Tuesday morning, according to local news reports. Pictures […]
A Delta Air Lines flight from the US to London made an emergency landing in Atlanta, Georgia after an engine caught fire. It comes a day after a passenger died on a Southwest Airlines flight following an engine explosion. The Airbus A330 left Atlanta bound for Heathrow Airport Wednesday evening, but was forced to return […]
The New York fire department has dispatched dozens of units and over 120 firefighters to tackle a three-alarm blaze that erupted on the 50th floor of Trump Tower in Manhattan. FDNY crews were called to the 50th floor of the building on Fifth Avenue shortly before 6pm Saturday, the fire department confirmed on Twitter. The extent […]
A massive fire has broken out in the Taksim First Aid Hospital in Istanbul, Turkey. Footage from the scene showed thick black smoke coming from several stories of the tall building. The inferno broke out on the roof, but quickly spread through the building, local media reports. Several explosions have reportedly been heard at the […]
