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fire-accidents

World 4 years ago

Mexican oil giant says no environmental damage from raging Gulf fire

The July 2 blaze, caught on video apparently from a nearby helicopter, showed bright orange flames jumping out of the water as the fire raged a short distance from the oil platform. Pemex has previously said it took more than five hours to fully extinguish the fire.

Environment 4 years ago

Crippled ship at risk of sinking off Sri Lanka

The MV X-Press Pearl, carrying hundreds of tonnes of chemicals and plastics, burned for 13 days within sight of the island's coast before rescue workers finally managed to extinguish the blaze on Tuesday.

National 4 years ago

Nearly 300 rescued in Maluku ferry accident

The KM Karya Indah was heading to Sanana, a remote port in the northeast of Maluku when it was engulfed in flames.

Business 4 years ago

Fire at Pertamina's Balongan oil refinery will not impact operations: CEO

The blaze that broke out in the early hours of Monday, injuring five and forcing 950 residents to evacuate was focused on the refinery’s tanks, with no damage to the processing plant, Widyawati told reporters.

SE Asia 5 years ago

Yacht once owned by French tycoon sinks off Malaysia

Malaysia's coastguard said the 75-metre (246 foot) Phocea sank near the holiday island of Langkawi early Friday morning, a day after a blaze engulfed the four-masted yacht.

SE Asia 5 years ago

Fire hits yacht that belonged to French tycoon off Malaysia

Coastguards said they were alerted to the fire on the 75 metre (246 foot) Phocea just after 8:00 am (0000 GMT) when it was off the resort island of Langkawi.

World 5 years ago

Hospital fire kills four Covid-19 patients in Romania

Three patients were found dead at the Matei Bals hospital in Bucarest and a fourth died despite attempts at resuscitation, state secretary of the Ministry of Interior Raed Arafat told reporters.

National 5 years ago

Custodian of funds?: Police investigate janitor’s bank account in AGO fire case

The account had hundreds of millions of rupiah.

National 5 years ago

Detainees returned to AGO building after fire

The detainees were evacuated after smoke reached their cells.

Business 5 years ago

Telkomsel says Sumatra network restored '100%' after Tuesday's fire

Both Telkomsel and Telkom subscribers in Sumatra were affected when a fire at the parent company's Pekanbaru office caused a network outage for the latter half of Tuesday.