Initial findings suggest the majority of the victims died from smoke inhalation, said Suriyachai Raviwan, the director of Bangkok’s disaster mitigation department. Bangkok governor Chatchart Sittipunt said the flammable interior decorations on the bar’s ceiling may have facilitated the blaze’s rapid spread. There are also reports of people found unconscious near the building’s emergency exit,…
NewsFeed At least 27 people were killed and 63 injured, many critically, after a fire ripped through a popular pub in Bangkok. Authorities are investigating whether the pub, located near the iconic Chatuchak Weekend Market, had adequate escape routes. Published On 13 Jul 202613 Jul 2026 Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share…
At least six people have died and several others have been injured in a fire that broke out in a 10-storey block of flats in Antwerp, Belgian police say. Thick smoke was seen billowing from the eighth floor of the building in the Linkeroever district, after the fire broke out just before 10:00 (08:00 GMT)…
Kenyan prosecutors say they are preparing to charge several students with the murder of their schoolmates following a suspected school arson attack last month. Sixteen pupils, aged between 15 and 18, died and dozens more were injured when a fire broke out in a dormitory at Utumishi Girls’ School in Gilgil, about 120km (77 miles)…
One person was killed and several others were hurt when a massive fire broke out at a luxury beach resort in the Dominican Republic on Friday, local officials said. The fire broke out at around 11 a.m. at Viva Wyndham Dominicus Beach, a four-star resort in the town of Bayahibe in the La Altagracia…
58m ago CENTCOM says it intercepted more Iranian missiles Iran shot seven ballistic missiles toward Kuwait and Bahrain, the U.S. military’s Central Command said in a statement late Friday night, in the latest back-and-forth between Iran and the U.S. and its Gulf allies despite a ceasefire. Six of the missiles were intercepted and one…
Search-and-rescue operations are ongoing, with the number of casualties yet to be confirmed.
Gilgil, Kenya — A fire at a school for girls in central Kenya has caused an unknown number of deaths, according to police, who said search teams have been deployed. Radio station Capital FM cited Samuel Ndanyi, the regional police commander as saying at least 10 students were killed, according to the Reuters news service….
London’s firefighting service responded Wednesday to a blaze in the Golders Green neighborhood, home to a large Jewish community that’s been targeted by a number of arson attacks in recent months. Images from the scene showed the flames impacting a Jewish supermarket, Kosher Kingdom, and a column of black smoke rising above the area’s main…
Angry residents of a town at the epicenter of the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo attacked and burned a tent that was part of a health center where people are being treated for the virus, the staff there said Saturday. It was the second such attack in the region in a week. No one was…
