Fire

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    Smoking bus bursts into flames

    This is the moment a bus burst into flames just moments after the driver noticed smoke. The huge blaze tore through the vehicle and also damaged nearby homes and overhead wires in Abercarn in Caerphilly. Onlookers said the fire started just after

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    Fire engulfs South Korean apartment block

    A huge blaze that spread up the side of a high-rise apartment building in a South Korean port city left scores of people with minor injuries, officials said Friday. Footage from the scene in Ulsan showed a huge ball of orange flame soaring up

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    Boat explodes and catches fire at Sunderland Marina

    There was drama at Sunderland Marina as a boat dramatically caught fire. The whole area plunged into darkness as clouds of black smoke billowed to the sky. According to the Sunderland Echo, the blaze spread across three boats - causing one of

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    Why Nasa lit a fire inside cargo spacecraft in space

    Spacecraft are extraordinarily expensive and not that easy to come by, so why did Nasa recently set fire to one? It was all part of a set of space fire experiments inside Northrop Grumman's Cygnus cargo spacecraft. Saffire, Nasa's

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    Apes among animals killed in fire at German zoo

    A fire at a zoo in western Germany in the first minutes of 2020 has killed more than 30 animals, including apes, monkeys, bats and birds, authorities have said. Police said the fire may have been caused by sky lanterns launched to celebrate the

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    Shocking photos show Edwardian mansion being gutted by fire

    These shocking photos show an Edwardian mansion left gutted after a raging fire which took seven hours to bring under control. Grade II listed Scalesceugh Hall became engulfed in flames after a fire broke out just before 11pm on Tuesday, 17

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    Flames blocked escape for 34 divers on California scuba dive boat

    Flames roared through a boat of sleeping scuba divers so quickly that it appears none of the 34 people below deck could escape, authorities said. The search for those still missing was ended without any being found alive following the Labour Day

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