News about emergency situations
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 11:15
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 14:44
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 10:43
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 17:04
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 15:49
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 11:55
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 01:53
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 19:30
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 16:08
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 15:41
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 15:37
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 19:54
Spacecraft wreck found near Baikonur
Wrecks of an unidentified spacecraft have been discovered not far from Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan.
06 November 2013 17:09
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 16:53
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 12:54
Mexico candy factory blast kills one, injures 40
A powerful blast rocked a US-owned candy factory in northern Mexico on Thursday, killing one person and injuring more than 40 as rescuers searched for any other victims.
25 October 2013 14:05
Australia firefighters brace for horror day
Firefighters in Australia braced for hot, dry winds and soaring temperatures Wednesday with lightning also posing a problem as they battle to prevent a week-long bushfire disaster getting worse.
23 October 2013 15:42
'Female suicide bomber' kills five on bus in Russia
A suspected female suicide bomber set off a blast on a bus packed with students in southern Russia, killing at least five people and raising security fears.
22 October 2013 16:04
Damage from fire at Almaty's flea market calculated
The damage caused by the fire at the flea market in Almaty exceeds 25 million tenge ($163 thousand).
22 October 2013 15:35
17 bodies found after Laos air disaster: minister
Laos said Friday at least 17 bodies had been recovered after a plane plummeted into the Mekong River killing all on board in the country's worst known air disaster.
18 October 2013 15:23