USA

Fire breaks out at Bellagio hotel in Las Vegas

The Las Vegas strip was forced to close temporarily after a fire erupted at the world-famous Bellagio hotel.

14 April 2017

France

Fire sweeps through Dunkirk migrant camp

A huge fire has swept through a migrant camp near Dunkirk in northern France.

11 April 2017

Portugal

Portugal: Huge blast at family-run fireworks factory

An explosion at a fireworks factory in northen Portugal has killed at least five people with three more still missing.

5 April 2017

Paraguay

Paraguay: Congress in flames

Protesters leave Paraguay's Congress in flames after the Senate held a secret vote there to change the constitution allowing President Cartes to run for re-election.

1 April 2017

USA

Hero firefighter saves pup with mouth-to-snout

A team of firefighters in California are being hailed as heroes after performing mouth-to-muzzle resuscitation on a much-loved dog to bring it back from the dead.

24 March 2017

World News

Headphone battery fire causes injury on China-Australia flight

A passenger on a flight from Beijing to Melbourne has been injured by her flaming headphones.

15 March 2017

Guatemala

Death toll from Guatemala children's home rises to 39

Protesters focus their anger on the President over the tragedy and are calling on Jimmy Morales to step down.

12 March 2017

Guatemala

Grieving families seek justice for girls killed in Guatemala shelter fire

Funerals for 37 girls burnt alive in a fire at a state-run home begin, amid mounting criticism of the shelter.

11 March 2017

Guatemala

Guatemala in shock after fire horror at children's home

The country has declared three days of national mourning after at least 22 young girls died in a fire at a home for vulnerable teenagers and children. Police are investigating claims of arson.

9 March 2017

Guatemala

Guatemala children's home blaze leaves 19 dead

A fire at a scandal-hit children’s home in Guatemala has left 19 people dead, at least 17 of them teenage girls.

8 March 2017

Italy

Italy: two migrants die in 'Great Ghetto' fire

Two African men die in a blaze in southern Italy's 'Great Ghetto' migrant camp.

3 March 2017

Brazil

Fire sweeps through Sao Paulo slum

Fire engulfs wooden homes in favela on the outskirts of Brazil's most populous city . Hundreds of people are forced to flee

2 March 2017

Sweden

Residents injured in fire at asylum shelter in Sweden

Up to 20 people have been injured in a fire at a centre for asylum seekers in Sweden.

26 February 2017

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Nigeria fire: blaze rips through Lagos suburb

A fire has ripped through a local suburb in Nigeria’s commercial capital Lagos.

21 February 2017

Iran

Tens of thousands in Tehran for firefighters' funeral

Tens of thousands of Iranians paid their final respects on Monday to 16 firefighters killed when a burning building collapsed in Tehran earlier this month.

30 January 2017

Iran

Five more bodies found after Tehran building collapse

At least 20 firefighters were killed when the 17-storey building collapsed after being engulfed by fire.

25 January 2017

Chile

Chile's President Bachelet visits wildfire victims

Chile’s president has visited one of the areas hit by the country’s worst forest fires in 50 years.

25 January 2017

Chile

Wildfires threaten areas in Chile under state of emergency

A heat wave and high winds are fueling the flames, which have already scorched 50,000 hectares of land

22 January 2017

Romania

Panic as fire breaks out in Bucharest nightclub

One person is in a serious condition and more than 40 have been treated for smoke inhalation and hypothermia after a fire broke out in a nightclub in Bucharest.

21 January 2017

Iran

Tehran building collapse: search for missing firefighters

Rescuers are digging through the rubble of a collapsed building in Tehran, Iran, looking for as many as 25 missing people including firefighters.

20 January 2017