Sydney : Firefighters raced to quell massive bush fires in southeastern Australia Tuesday, taking advantage of a brief drop in temperatures and some much-needed rainfall before another heatwave strikes later this week. Exhausted volunteers fixed containment lines, cleared ground vegetation and carried out controlled burns before temperatures and winds were expected to pick up again […]

Isanbul : Thirteen prisoners have been killed in a fire that broke out in a jail in south-east Turkey during a dispute among inmates. The blaze, at a jail housing about 1,000 prisoners in Sanliurfa province, occurred after a row flared up among a group of 18 inmates in one dormitory on Saturday night, said […]

Pune: A huge fire broke out on the third floor of the Medipoint Hospital in Pune’s Aundh area around noon on Saturday. Four fire tenders were immediately rushed to the spot to douse the fire. It took fire fighters nearly an hour to bring the situation under control. According to reports, there were 25 patients […]

Bangalore: CM DV Sadanada Gowda has conveyed a good news to the Fire fighters’ Brigade in the mega-city on April 20 The state Govt, is committed by increase the salaries and allowances to all Fire staff and emergency services, and also create basic facilities like housing for them he informed. In a programme organised by […]

Mangalore : The celebration of Diwali wby bursting the firecrackers led to the fire accident at Classic Home Apartments near Marnamikatte on Oct 26 Wednesday at around 10:00 p.m. Reportedly, two vehicles parked near the apartment were burnt causing huge damage caused due to the excessive bursting of firecrackers in the parking lot A Pulsar […]

Mangalore: A devastating fire broke out today (Feb11) in a central part of Mangalore, on the third Floor of the multi-storeyed new Sudheendra Super Market building next to PVS circle. A short-circuit is said to have caused the raging fire in an air-conditioner installed a t Zuese Fitness, a gymnasium located there. Fed by winds, […]