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World News tagged with fire

Oil Leak Plugged, Fire Extinguished
World  (tags: world, news, oil leak, fire )

Katie
- 32 days ago - theage.com.au
THE leaking West Atlas oil rig has finally been plugged, and its owner said it had stopped the main fire at the Montara wellhead platform.
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Wind Lull Aids Greek Firefighters
World  (tags: Greece, Fire, Athens )

Ben
- 102 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
A lull in strong winds has given a boost to Greek firefighters battling dozens of wildfires across the country. Fires are still threatening areas north of Athens and several Greek islands, but firefighters say the area under their control is growing.
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Plane Crash Near Teheran, Speculation That Crashed Plane Was Too Old
World  (tags: Iran, Plane Crash, fire, engines, Asia )

Teresa
- 143 days ago - videotodaynews.com
Theres been no official statement on the cause of a passenger plane crash in northwest Iran, but speculation is it was too old and badly maintained, said Hrach Mkrtchyan, a journalist from the Armenian capital Yerevan.
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Mexicans Cry for Justice in Day Care Fire
World  (tags: Mexico City, Day Care, government, failed inspections, ethics, children, death, fire, crime, investigation, safety, corruption )

Dee
- 166 days ago - nytimes.com
MEXICO CITY-As smoke and fire filled the ABC day care center in northern Mexico, a neighbor moved quickly. Ramming his pickup truck into the concrete again and again, he gouged three holes in the front wall to clear an escape route for the children---
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Israel Opens Fire on Gaza
World  (tags: israel, middle-east, palestine, Israeli army, Israeli bombings, violence, war, gaza, fire )

Madalena
- 257 days ago - paltelegraph.com
Gaza Strip, 23 March 2009-(The PT)- Israeli army launched several air attacks on the Gaza Strip. Khan Younis City mid of the occupied Gaza Strip faced heavy Israeli bombings from the naval forces in the western part. Meanwhile, Israeli troops based in
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Australian Fire Zone Declared a Crime Scene
World  (tags: world, crime, fire, australia, society, news )

Maria
- 300 days ago - news.yahoo.com
Suspicions that the worst wildfires ever to strike Australia were deliberately set led police to declare crime scenes Monday in towns incinerated by blazes, while investigators moving into the charred landscape discovered more bodies. The death toll stood
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Blaze Ravages London Market Area
World  (tags: camden town, fire, london, uk, britain, market, hawley arms, canal market )

Cissy
- 664 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Up to 100 firefighters are tackling a major blaze that is spreading rapidly through the famous market area in Camden Town, north London. There are no reports of casualties so far but London Fire Brigade said people were reported trapped in the fire.
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Scots Gather for Viking Fire Festival - Scotland
World  (tags: scotland, festival, shetland islands, vikings, fire, fancy dress )

Chrissy
- 676 days ago - news.com.au
ONE of Britain's most remote communities gathered overnight to celebrate its Viking heritage with a spectacular festival of fire and fancy dress. During "Up-Helly-Aa", hundreds of residents of the Shetland Islands off the north coast of Scotland dress up
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Fire Crews Battle 18 Blazes - Australia
World  (tags: australia, victoria, east gippsland, fire, fire fighters, firemen, wildfire, bushfire )

Chrissy
- 703 days ago - theage.com.au
Victorian firefighters are in a race against time to control blazes in the state's east before this weekend's hot weather. The firefighters have reduced the number of fires still burning in East Gippsland to six from about 18 yesterday, Department of Sust
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Worse Expected as Fires Rage Out of Control - Australia
World  (tags: australia, fire, fire fighters, south australia, kangaroo island, devastation, wildlife )

Chrissy
- 724 days ago - news.com.au
FIREFIGHTERS are braced for dangerous conditions today as fires continued to rage out of control on South Australia's Kangaroo Island. The Country Fire Service has moved its "worst-case scenario" planning forward to tomorrow after revised forecasts for Fr
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New Crisis Point for KI Firefighters - Australia
World  (tags: australia, south australia, kangaroo island, fire, firefighters, devastation, habitat )

Chrissy
- 724 days ago - news.com.au
A WIND change on Kangaroo Island has left weary firefighters with a new crisis ahead of the forecast cool change they desperately need. The Country Fire Service and an army of firefighters from interstate know the hot and windy conditions that have just
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Greeks Suspicious About Fire Disaster
World  (tags: crime, fire )


- 828 days ago - latimes.com
Some say unscrupulous builders resort to arson to render forest land available for development.
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People Leap From Flaming Balloon - Canada
World  (tags: canada, hot air balloning, fire, deaths, injuries, vancouver )

Chrissy
- 832 days ago - news.com.au
A HOT-air balloon caught fire as it began a sunset flight near Vancouver, killing two people and injuring 11 others, some who jumped from the craft in mid air. Local media reported the dead were a mother and her teenage daughter. Some of the 11 injured
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