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Friday, November 14, 2025
TopicFire accidents

Topic: Fire accidents

30 die as fire breaks out at Vietnam’s Hanoi apartment block, says state media

The fire broke out during night in a 9-storey building, home to about 150 residents, according to official Vietnam News Agency, which said the blaze was contained by 2am (1900 GMT).

45 injured in Moscow optics factory blast

Emergency services said the blast appeared to have occurred in a warehouse containing pyrotechnic equipment, the state news agency TASS reported.

9 die, 2 missing as fire breaks out at France’s holiday home for disabled people

PARIS (Reuters) -Nine bodies were found in the smouldering ruins of a holiday home housing disabled people that caught fire in the early hours of Wednesday in eastern France, a chief firefighter said.

Fire at Ahmedabad hospital: 125 patients evacuated, no casualties reported

Due to renovation work underway at Rajasthan Hospital in Ahmedabad's Sahibaug area, several items stored in the basement caught fire and caused massive smoke, a fire official said.

36 killed in factory fire at ‘high-tech zone’ of China’s Anyang city

The fire broke out Monday afternoon at a private firm, Kaixinda Trading, the state media reported. Two people have been sent to the hospital for treatment and two others are missing.

8 Indians among 11 dead in Maldives fire incident, cause of fire still unknown

Eight of the deceased were Indian nationals while one person was from Bangladesh, AVAS reported. The nationalities of two other victims remain unknown so far.

Owner and his two children killed as fire breaks out in Agra hospital

The patients were evacuated, but the owner and his children, who lived within the premises of the hospital were trapped inside.

‘Illegally-run’ showroom, flouting safety norms — what led to Secunderabad fire that killed 8

The fire emanated from the e-bike showroom and quickly leapt up to its upper floors where a hotel is located. According to police, the showroom was being run illegally.

2 dead after fire breaks out at Lucknow’s Levana Suites, cause yet to be confirmed

15 fire tenders & 13 ambulances rushed to the Lucknow hotel. The ten injured were taken to Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Civil Hospital. UP CM Adityanath has ordered a probe into the matter.

It’s time to survey — not mosques, but fire-trap buildings. Delhi’s Mundka tragedy shows

It's ironic that the State should storm into action, arm itself with bulldozers, and bring down people's homes but does not even inspect buildings that could be a fire hazard.

On Camera

Virat, Anushka, Bumrah selling sarias & cement, dentists, vets, Bihar walls painted in ‘rurbanisation’

Over generations, Bihar’s bane has been its utter lack of urbanisation. But now, even Bihar is urbanising. Or let’s say, rurbanising. Two decades under Nitish Kumar have created a new elite in its cities.

Wealth nears $99 trillion, still Asia’s rich don’t have succession plans

Much of this wealth is tied to founder-led businesses that employ millions and help anchor regional economies.

Turkey blocks transport of Apache choppers to India through its airspace, new route being worked out

Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.