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Smoke from burning waste dump covers village in Mangistau oblast
Garbage has caught fire at a solid domestic waste dump in Mangistau oblast on July 20.
22 July 2013
US air tankers help fight killer Arizona blaze
The US military on Tuesday ordered four air tankers to join fire-dousing efforts in Arizona, where firefighters were battling a still out-of-control inferno which killed 19 of their comrades.
04 July 2013
US wildfire grows after killing 19 firefighters
Reinforcements poured in Monday to battle a runaway wildfire in Arizona that quadrupled in size overnight after killing 19 firefighters in one of the worst such incidents in US history.
02 July 2013
Fire-fighters were effecient in quenching petrol truck fire: Almaty Emergency Situations Department
Deputy head of the Fire-Fighting Service of Almaty Emergency Situations Department has evaluated the fire-fightering operation at the petrol tank truck explosion site in Almaty.
01 July 2013
Fire near Almaty's Rixos eliminated
The fire next to Rixos hotel in Almaty caused by the petrol tank trunk accident has been eliminated.
27 June 2013
Petrol tank truck explodes near Rixos hotel in Almaty
The whole block is in flames and more the 10 cars have caught fire as a result of the explosion. Things kept exploding in the area for some time after the accident.
27 June 2013
Latvian presidential palace Riga Castle ablaze
Firefighters were called Thursday night to a massive roof fire at the centuries-old Riga Castle, normally the seat of the Latvian president but currently under renovation.
21 June 2013
Two dead in Colorado's most destructive fire ever
Two people died while trying to flee a wildfire in Colorado that has burned down 360 homes, in the western US state's most destructive blaze ever.
14 June 2013
Colorado fires destroy homes, thousands evacuated
Forest fires raged Wednesday across the western US state of Colorado, destroying dozens of houses and forcing the evacuation of thousands of residents.
13 June 2013
Four arrested over blaze at London Islamic school
Four teenagers have been arrested in connection with a fire at an Islamic boarding school in London, police said Monday, as they stepped up patrols around Muslim sites in the capital.
11 June 2013
Indonesian woman dies in protest fire in Saudi: source
An Indonesian woman died Sunday in a fire lit by workers outside her country's consulate in western Saudi Arabia, where thousands converged seeking to resolve their immigration status.
11 June 2013
Sri Lanka monk fights for life after immolation bid
A Sri Lankan monk was fighting for his life Saturday, a day after setting himself on fire to protest the slaughter of cattle.
25 May 2013
Astana to launch two fire stations for EXPO-2017
Two fire stations will be built in Astana for the international exhibition EXPO-2017.
15 May 2013
Evacuations lifted as California blaze nearly controlled
All evacuation orders were lifted Sunday in California as firefighters battling a massive wildfire near Los Angeles said they had contained 60 percent of the blaze.
07 May 2013
Raging California wildfire nearly triples in size
A raging California wildfire nearly tripled in size Friday as it threatened 4,000 homes, although firefighters said they had gained more control over it.
04 May 2013
Fire at Russia psychiatric hospital kills 38
Thirty-eight people, mostly psychiatric patients, were killed in a fire that raged Friday at a psychiatric hospital in the Moscow region, trapping the inmates inside behind barred windows.
26 April 2013
Fire leaves 300 people without housing in Astana
Six gas bottles exploded in a dormitory in Astana causing a fire and damaging the dormitory in Astana.
25 April 2013
Burning bike smashes into car in Almaty
A burning motorcycle smashed into a parked car in Almaty. Both vehicles burned to the frame.
22 April 2013
Thousands of pigs and piglets killed in farm fire in Pavlodar oblast
An electric equipment failure must have cause the fire in the pig-breeding complex in Pavlodar oblast.
05 April 2013