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Horse wanders on to railway tracks, stops train traffic

The flow of train traffic was stopped for a brief period after a horse wandered out onto railway tracks in the US. The incident happened...

Calmer winds help Los Angeles firefighters as death toll hits 10

LOS ANGELES: A pause in the fierce winds that super-charged the ring of wildfires that devastated Los Angeles this week helped crews make progress...

Firefighters rescue child trapped inside washing machine, video goes viral

The baby went inside the dum of the washing machine's dryer when playing.

Firefighters find ‘unusual smell’ on US plane was bottle of nail polish

NORTH CAROLINA: An “unusual smell” that prompted five fire trucks to respond to an American Airlines plane at a North Carolina airport turned out...

Viral video: Ice training exercise turns into real-life rescue mission

A training session for firefighters on icy waters turned into a real-life rescue mission of two teenagers who were drowning in the lake. The incident...

Firefighters rescue kitten trapped inside large water jug

The firefighters carefully cut through the plastic jug to free the kitten. The operation took about 30 minutes, the rescuers said.

Bull chases firefighters trying to douse wildfire in California

The team of firefighters was working to clear the access to the Lake Fire after a fire broke out near Lake Hughes in the Angeles National Forest

Lengthy pizza delivers funds for embattled Australian firefighters

An Italian restaurant in Australia has made a 103 meter (338 foot) Margherita pizza to raise funds for firefighters battling bushfires.

Burnout in firefighters linked to sleep issues

Firefighters who feel burned out often experience sleep issues, which also increases their risk of emotional fatigue, exhaustion and health problems

Heart disease common among firefighters who die of cardiac arrest

CALIFORNIA: Most firefighters who die from cardiac arrest turn out to have narrowing of the heart arteries or structural damage in their hearts, a...

More than 100 large wildfires in US as new blazes erupt

Six large new wildfires erupted in the United States, pushing the number of major active blazes nationwide to over 100, with more expected to...

Fire at Karachi’s furniture market guts 10 shops

KARACHI: Firefighters extinguished the fire that erupted in furniture market of Karachi's Orangi Town area after hectic efforts lasting four hours on Thursday morning. No...

Many firefighters dead, trapped in Tehran high-rise collapse

TEHRAN: Many firefighters were killed and others missing under the rubble after the Iranian capital's oldest high-rise building collapsed Thursday following a blaze, officials...

Death toll rises to 17 in blasts at Gadani ship-breaking yard

KARACHI: At least 17 workers were killed and more than 60 injured on Tuesday after at least two blasts ripped through an oil tanker...

Firenadoes rage in California as blaze threats 82,000

PHELAN, UNITED STATES: An inferno scorching swathes of southern California threatened the homes of more than 82,000 people Wednesday, sending flaming "firenadoes" tearing across the brush and prompting a state of emergency.

Wind shift expected to help suppress deadly California wildfire

SACRAMENTO: A deadly wildfire near California's Big Sur coast raged mostly unchecked for a ninth day after gutting nearly 60 dwellings and forcing hundreds from homes and campgrounds, but a wind shift late on Saturday was expected to help firefighters quell the blaze.

The ‘ghost’ who trapped in Iowa house chimney!!!

IOWA: Rescue teams manage to free a man who was trapped inside a chimney of a house in Iowa state of the United States.

17 die in fire at Ukraine home for elderly

LITOCHKY: Seventeen people died when an unlicenced home for elderly people outside the Ukrainian capital Kiev caught fire in the early hours of Sunday, a fresh tragedy to shake the conflict-riven country.

Fire at Russian psychiatric hospital kills 23

MOSCOW: Twenty-three psychiatric patients, most of them elderly, died when a fire ripped through their care facility in southern Russia Saturday night, in the latest tragedy to hit mental health hospitals in the country.

Karachi factory fire injures 9

Fire broke out at a site factory near Waleeka Chowrangi in Karachi, burning nine people.
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