News about emergency situations

China pipeline blast toll rises to 62 The final death toll from an oil pipeline explosion in the Chinese coastal city of Qingdao is 62.

03 December 2013

Scottish police helicopter pub crash causes numerous casualties A police helicopter smashed through the roof of a crowded pub in the Scottish city of Glasgow, causing numerous casualties including probable deaths and leaving several people trapped in the rubble, officials said Saturday.

30 November 2013

28 oil workers poisoned, 2 fatally in Zhanaozen Mass poisoning of workers of Kezbi oil service company has been registered in Zhanaozen city of Mangystau oblast in western Kazakhstan.

29 November 2013

Arson declared cause of Almaty flea market fire Arson caused the fire at Almaty flea market's Kulager section: Kazakhstan Ministry of Emergency Situations

26 November 2013

China high-speed train kills four rail workers: report A Chinese high-speed train killed four maintenance workers after a communication failure, state media reported Tuesday, the latest fatal incident on the country's flagship rail network.

26 November 2013

Security personnel of Almaty's flea market failed to alarm firefighters immediately: Bozhko Security personnel of Almaty's flea market that was on fire on November 17, did not call the firefighters for about an hour after the fire stated, trying to extinguish it on their own.

26 November 2013

Aktau oil tanker explosion: train driver transferred to Burn Center in Astana The train driver Berik Kulbarakov who suffered burns in the oil tanker explosion near Aktau has been transferred to the Burn Center in Astana.

25 November 2013

Winter storm kills 13 in US, threatens holiday travel A major winter storm that has dumped freezing rain and snow in the US southwest has killed at least 13 people in five states, US media reported.

25 November 2013

Scale of pollution caused by oil train flaring near Aktau announced The authorities have made a statement on the magnitude of the explosion near Aktau: the petroleum spill has covered 3480 square meters.

22 November 2013

Rzhev Aircraft Repair Plant declines to comment Kazakhstan's accusation over MIG-31 crash Rzhev Aircraft Repair Plant (Russia) has offered no comments on the results of the MIG-31 crash investigation.

22 November 2013

Rescue workers among six dead in Latvia supermarket cave-in Six people including two rescue workers were killed and 35 others injured on Thursday when the roof of a supermarket collapsed in a suburb of Latvia's capital Riga, emergency services confirmed.

22 November 2013

Almaty flea market fire sum up Vice-Minister of Emergency Situations of Kazakhstan Zhanbolat Smailov led the alarm response group of the Ministry of Emergency Situations that worked at the fire site.

19 November 2013

Updates on petroleum train accident near Aktau Akim (Governor) of Mangystau Oblast Alik Aidarbayev visited the train driver who was injured when the petroleum train flared at the Mangystau Oblast Hospital.

18 November 2013

Oil tank truck driver found and tells his story of petrolium train flaring near Aktau The MAN oil tank truck driver told his story of the accident of the oil tank truck and the petroleum tank train near Aktau that caused an explosion, fire and human victims.

18 November 2013

Kazakhstan and British natives die in Kazan plane crash A native of Temirtau city in central Kazakhstan died in the plane crash in Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia.

18 November 2013

Fuel truck explosion expertise gives up on causes - no one is responsible All criminal charges have been dropped in the case of Helios petrol truck explosion in Almaty.

11 November 2013

Wreckage discovered near Baikonur is no spacecraft: Mussabayev The wrecks found in Kyzyorda Oblast in southern Kazakhstan do not belong to any space equipment.

08 November 2013

Spacecraft wreck found near Baikonur Wrecks of an unidentified spacecraft have been discovered not far from Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan.

06 November 2013

India bus crash inferno kills 44: police At least 44 people were killed Wednesday when their bus was engulfed in flames after crashing on a highway in southern India.

30 October 2013

Two Japanese nationals killed in car accident in Karaganda Oblast Two Japanese nationals and a Kazakhstan citizen were killed in a car accident at Karaganda-Zhezkazgan highway in Kazakhstan.

29 October 2013

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