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Cuba has asked the US for technical assistance to clean up after a fire at a fuel storage facility

Cuba has asked the US for technical assistance to clean up after a fire at a fuel storage facility Cuba has asked the US for technical assistance to clean up after a fire at a fuel storage facility

Cuba’s government announced Friday that it has requested and received technical assistance from the United States to clean up after a massive fire at a fuel facility that caused widespread destruction and killed 16 firefighters. Experts from Cuba and the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) joined a video conference meeting Wednesday to discuss the cleanup […]

Brazil: 15-year record for fires in the Amazon

Brazil: 15-year record for fires in the Amazon Brazil: 15-year record for fires in the Amazon

The number of wildfires in Brazil’s Amazon reached its highest level in 15 years on Monday, according to official figures, another sign of the destruction taking place in the world’s largest rainforest. Satellite imagery identified 3,358 fire outbreaks on Monday, August 22. This is the highest number in one day since September 2007, an official […]

Thailand: The death toll from the fire that broke out at the beginning of the month in a night club reached 20

Thailand: The death toll from the fire that broke out at the beginning of the month in a night club reached 20 Thailand: The death toll from the fire that broke out at the beginning of the month in a night club reached 20

At least 20 people died in the fire that broke out at the beginning of the month in a nightclub in the city of Pattaya in Thailand, one of the deadliest in the country. The fire broke out on the night of August 4-5 at Mountain B, a nightclub near the seaside resort of Pattaya, […]

Portugal: The fire in the Serra da Estrela National Forest was brought under control

Portugal: The fire in the Serra da Estrela National Forest was brought under control Portugal: The fire in the Serra da Estrela National Forest was brought under control

Calm prevailed this morning on the front of the fires in Portugal, after the one that had broken out in the Serra da Estrella national forest was “under control”, as announced by the country’s Civil Protection Service. “The fire has been brought under control, but not extinguished,” Miguel Oliveira, head of the Civil Protection Service, […]

Cuba: Second firefighter dead while extinguishing fire at oil facilities

Cuba: Second firefighter dead while extinguishing fire at oil facilities Cuba has asked the US for technical assistance to clean up after a fire at a fuel storage facility

Cuban authorities announced today the death of a 24-year-old firefighter in the operation to extinguish the large fire at oil facilities in Matanzas. This is the second confirmed victim, after the death of a 60-year-old firefighter that was announced on Saturday. After six days, the fire is now “under control”, according to the fire service. […]

Fire at a Russian military unit near Moscow

Fire at a Russian military unit near Moscow Fire at a Russian military unit near Moscow

A fire broke out at the site of a military unit in Dolgoprudny, near Moscow, the central directorate of the Ministry of Emergencies of the Moscow region reported, TASS news agency reported. The source of the Russian agency claimed that the fire broke out in the area of ​​the military unit. At the same time, […]

Cuba: The fire at a fuel storage facility remains uncontrolled

Cuba: The fire at a fuel storage facility remains uncontrolled Cuba has asked the US for technical assistance to clean up after a fire at a fuel storage facility

A fire that broke out Friday at a fuel storage facility in Cuba remained out of control on Monday: authorities said it had destroyed a third tank and threatened a fourth. Alexander Avalos Jorge, an officer with Cuba’s fire brigade, told reporters that “the four tanks” with a capacity of 50 million liters each, which […]

Cuba: Large fire at oil facilities

Cuba: Large fire at oil facilities Cuba has asked the US for technical assistance to clean up after a fire at a fuel storage facility

Seventeen missing and 77 injured are the so far accounts of the fire that broke out due to lightning in oil installations in Cuba, for which the government asked yesterday Saturday for help from abroad. The 17 missing are firefighters who were closest to a burning tank when a powerful explosion occurred, according to the […]

Cuba: At least one dead from the big fire in oil facilities

Cuba: At least one dead from the big fire in oil facilities Cuba has asked the US for technical assistance to clean up after a fire at a fuel storage facility

LAST UPDATE: 12:28 Cuba received offers of help from several countries today following its appeal to deal with a major fire at an oil facility, which was sparked by lightning and followed by explosions, killing at least one person, injuring 121 and leaving 17 missing. About 1,900 people were evacuated from the disaster zone on […]

Germany: Uncontrollable fire in Grünewald forest – Explosions in ammunition depot

Germany: Uncontrollable fire in Grünewald forest – Explosions in ammunition depot Germany: Uncontrollable fire in Grünewald forest – Explosions in ammunition depot

The early morning fire at an ammunition depot in the Grünewald forest, west of Berlin, is still raging out of control as continuous explosions make it impossible for firefighters to reach. Now thrown into the fray is the German armed forces’ explosive ordnance disposal robot Theodor, which is called in to perform an autopsy on […]