South African police say they have arrested a suspect arrested in connection with a fire that broke out Sunday in the National Assembly building in Cape Town, with firefighters still fighting to keep it afloat. The fire broke out early yesterday morning, around 05:00 local time (and Greek time), in the parliament complex, parts of […]
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South Africa: Suspect arrested in connection with fire that completely destroyed parliament
A large fire continued to ravage South Africa’s parliament in Cape Town tonight, and police in favor of the arson case have arrested a 51-year-old man who will be brought to justice. For many hours, firefighters have been battling the blaze, which is burning the huge Victorian building. “A man has been arrested inside parliament, […]
South Africa: Parliament fire under partial control – Flames battle continues
LAST UPDATE: 15:15 A fire in the South African parliament caused extensive damage on Sunday, with firefighters partially reducing the blaze after several hours. It should be noted that according to Reuters, the roof collapsed, while there was extensive damage to an entire floor. In the morning, the smoke had begun to recede as it […]
US: Authorities speak of ‘miracle’ as there were no deaths from the Colorado fires
The fires that destroyed “in the blink of an eye” entire neighborhoods in the state of Colorado, in the American West, were going to be extinguished yesterday, Friday, as there was snowfall in the last outbreaks. At least 500 homes were charred and tens of thousands forced to flee their homes, but no deaths have […]
Russia: Two die in fire at Covid ICU in Astrakhan
Two people died today when a fire broke out in an intensive care unit for patients with covid-19 in Astrakhan in southern Russia, Russian news agencies reported. The fire broke out at 10:07 am local time (08:07 Greek time) and was quickly brought under control, the local office of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations […]
Ship with 25 tons of chemicals sank off the coast of Sri Lanka after 12 days of fire
Container ship MV X-Press Pearl with 25 tons of chemicals sank near the main port of Sri Lanka. This is reported by Euronews. The ship sank one day after extinguishing a fire that had been burning for 12 days. They tried to tow it into the deep sea to avoid coastal pollution. The vessel […]
Explosion and fire at a gunpowder factory in Russia: charges for Grads are produced there – video
At a gunpowder factory in Perm, one of the largest Russian enterprises of the defense complex, an explosion thundered on the morning of January 28 and a fire began. The press service of the local branch of the Russian Emergencies Ministry writes about this. As local residents clarified in social networks, at first there […]
