The latest major food supplier to go up in flames is New Zealand’s largest egg producer A fire broke out at Zeagold farm on Monday, killing between 50,000 and 75,000 hens. BYPASS THE CENSORS Sign up to get unfiltered news delivered straight to your inbox. You can unsubscribe any time. By subscribing you agree to […]
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Blaze At New Zealand’s Largest Egg Farm Kills 75,000 Hens.. Amid National Shortage


Russia Cafe Blaze Kills at Least 13 People, Injures 5


MOSCOW—A fire in a cafe in the Russian city of Kostroma killed at least 13 people and injured five others on Saturday, local authorities said. The governor of the Kostroma region, Sergei Sitnikov, said 13 people died in the fire and five more were slightly injured. Russian news agency Interfax cited local emergency officials as […]
15 Killed In Russia Cafe Blaze


The fire erupted in Kostroma after someone apparently used a flare gun during a dispute. Source
‘Drunken man’ shoots ‘flare gun’ in Russian bar, sparking blaze that kills 15


Authorities said the flare gun was fired at the dancefloor during the early hours of Saturday morning. Source
The Blaze Finally Canned Elijah Schaffer. What Took So Long?


Elijah Schaffer and his “Slightly Offensive” podcast had an audience of 460,000 on YouTube to which he spewed more than slightly offensive bigotries about people of color, women, and the LGBTQ community. On Monday night, the commentator finally got canned from The Blaze, which hosted his show. The Blaze issued a statement Monday evening on […]
The Blaze Finally Canned Elijah Schaffer. What Took So Long?


Elijah Schaffer and his “Slightly Offensive” podcast had an audience of 460,000 on YouTube to which he spewed more than slightly offensive bigotries about people of color, women, and the LGBTQ community. On Monday night, the commentator finally got canned from The Blaze, which hosted his show. The Blaze issued a statement Monday evening on […]
Fire crews fight chemical blaze on Milan outskirts


At least six people were injured in a chemical fire at a plastic factory on the outskirts of the Italian city of Milan.
Blaze Destroys $24 Million Mansion Owned by Chinese Businessman


An enormous fire ravaged a A$24 million (US$16.35 million) waterfront mansion in Australia’s Sydney owned by a Chinese real estate mogul. Firefighters were called to the Cliff Road home in the lower north shore suburb of Northwood around 11:50 p.m. on Saturday to find the six-bedroom property alight, with only the roof structure remaining. The blaze […]
Blaze Destroys $24 Million Mansion Owned by Chinese Businessman


An enormous fire ravaged a A$24 million (US$16.35 million) waterfront mansion in Australia’s Sydney owned by a Chinese real estate mogul. Firefighters were called to the Cliff Road home in the lower north shore suburb of Northwood around 11:50 p.m. on Saturday to find the six-bedroom property alight, with only the roof structure remaining. The blaze […]
Blaze Destroys $24 Million Mansion Owned by Chinese Businessman


An enormous fire ravaged a A$24 million (US$16.35 million) waterfront mansion in Australia’s Sydney owned by a Chinese real estate mogul. Firefighters were called to the Cliff Road home in the lower north shore suburb of Northwood around 11:50 p.m. on Saturday to find the six-bedroom property alight, with only the roof structure remaining. The blaze […]
Spanish firefighters battle10,000 hectares blaze


Firefighters continued to battle a blaze in the eastern coastal province of Alicante which has burned nearly 10,000 hectares and forced the evacuation of nearly 1,000 people. Source
Pennsylvania blaze kills US firefighter’s 10 relatives including three children


Volunteer firefighter Harold Baker said the 10 victims included his son, daughter, father-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, three grandchildren and two other relatives. Source
Firefighters battle blaze after shelling in Sloviansk


Firefighters fight flames at the main market in the city of Sloviansk after local authorities say at least two people were killed and seven more injured by a Russian strike. Source
Overnight Blaze In Taiwan Engulfs Building, Kills 46 People


TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A building fire that raged out of control for hours overnight in a major city in southern Taiwan left 46 people dead and at least 41 others injured, authorities said Thursday. Flames and smoke billowed from the lower floors of the 13-story building as firefighters tried to douse the blaze from […]
Greece fires: Thousands flee homes as blaze ravages Greek island amid ‘nightmarish summer’


Uncontrolled wildfires have forced thousands of people to flee their homes on the Greek island of Evia after a blaze ripped through vast areas of pristine forest, with ferries on standby to evacuate those living nearby. Residents described losing entire villages to the flames while the country’s prime minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, said Greece had suffered […]
Western wildfires: Crews make progress on huge Oregon blaze


The nation’s largest wildfire raged through southern Oregon on Friday but crews were scaling back some night operations as hard work and weaker winds helped reduce the spread of flames even as wildfires continued to threaten homes in neighboring California The Bootleg Fire, which has destroyed an area half the size of Rhode Island was […]
VIDEO: Oregon Wildfire Creates ‘Fire Clouds’ Above the Blaze


Smoke and heat generated by a huge wildfire in southeastern Oregon are creating massive “fire clouds” over the blaze. The “fire clouds” are “dangerous columns of smoke and ash that can reach up to 6 miles (10 kilometers) in the sky and are visible from more than 100 miles (160 kilometers) away,” the Associated Press […]
Hundreds evacuated as Catalan firefighters battle national park blaze


Catalan firefighters have been battling flames day and night against a wildfire at the national park of Cap Creus in Girona, roughly two hours away from Barcelona. 350 people were evacuated from their homes as flames approached residential areas, firefighters said. The area is a natural paradise attracting many tourists, especially during the peak summer […]
Helicopters called in to massive blaze at Moscow fireworks depot


Russian firefighters were battling a massive blaze at a fireworks warehouse in central Moscow on Saturday. The sound of fireworks exploding rang through the air while a plume of smoke rose skywards from the site on the Luzhnetskaya embankment of the Moskva river. At least two helicopters were being used to empty buckets of water […]
Blaze destroys servers at Europe’s largest cloud services firm


A fire destroyed some servers and temporarily shutdown others at OVHcloud on Wednesday, just two days after the French cloud computing firm kicked off plans for an initial public offering. Europe’s largest cloud services provider told clients including the French government, the Centre Pompidou and cryptocurrency exchange Deribit to activate their disaster recovery plans following […]
Huge blaze on Afghan border didn’t damage Iran’s customs post


TEHRAN – A fuel tanker blast at the Iran-Afghanistan border that caused massive fire did not affect a key crossing on the eastern border with Afghanistan, a local Iranian official has said. The local official from Iran’s Khorasan Razavi province said that the fire in Afghanistan’s Islam Qala border crossing had not spread to Iran’s […]
Romania: Protests after hospital blaze leaves at least five people dead


Hundreds of people protested outside Romania’s Health Ministry the day after a fatal fire at one of the country’s main hospitals for COVID-19 patients, calling Saturday for the resignations of the president, the health minister and the emergencies chief. At least five people died in the fire, which broke out early Friday on the ground […]
Romania: Ten dead in COVID-19 hospital blaze


Romanian officials say a fire at a hospital treating COVID-19 patients has killed 10 people and critically injured seven others. The blaze spread through the intensive care ward designated for people with COVID-19 patients at the public hospital in the northern city of Piatra Neamt, said Irina Popa, the spokeswoman for the local Emergency Situations […]
Greek police fire tear gas at migrants protesting after blaze at Europe’s largest refugee center


Clashes erupted and police fired tear gas as a large crowd of migrants protested on the Greek island of Lesbos after Moria (or better said Mordor) rapefugee center, the largest in Europe, burnt down earlier this week. The blaze at the severely overcrowded camp, which was initially designed to accommodate about 2,200, left […]
Thousands homeless as Greece’s main migrant camp gutted by blaze


AFP — Thousands of asylum seekers on the Greek island of Lesbos were left homeless Wednesday after fleeing for their lives as a huge fire ripped through the camp of Moria, the country’s largest and most notorious migrant facility. Over 12,000 men, women and children ran in panic out of containers and tents into nearby […]
Massive blaze tears through California forcing thousands to flee


Thousands of residents fled a city in northern California on Wednesday as a series of fast-moving wildfires spread across the state, burning dozens of homes and structures. The fire outside Vacaville, a city of about 100,000 residents located between the state capital Sacramento and San Francisco, is part of a series of blazes that have […]
Firefighters battle massive blaze at Dubai tower, residents evacuated (PHOTOS, VIDEOS)


Dubai Civil Defence said they were working to put out the blaze at Zen Tower in the Marina area on Sunday morning, and confirmed that all residents had been evacuated safely, with no reports of injuries. Dubai Civil Defence is working to put out a fire that broke out in the Zen Tower in the […]
Trump Tower Fire in Azerbaijan Weeks After Deadly Blaze at Building in New York


Firefighters are desperately battling to contain a fire raging through a Trump hotel tower in Azerbaijan. The fire broke out on the middle floors of the 33-storey Trump International Hotel and Tower in Baku on Saturday afternoon. Six fire engines were on site battling the blaze but there were no reports of injuries. The fire in the unfinished […]
Massive blaze engulfs buildings in central New Orleans, 60 firefighters on scene


Firefighters are battling a large blaze in Bayou St John in Mid City, New Orleans. No-one has been reported injured in the fire but authorities are urging residents to avoid the area. New Orleans Fire Department chief Tim McConnell said the blaze started in a warehouse which houses the ‘NOLA Til Ya Die’ clothes […]
Trump Tower fire is second 2018 blaze in sprinkler-free residential tower


The fire on the 50th floor New York City’s Trump Tower that left 67-year-old Todd Brassner dead and six firefighters injured was the second fire in the building in 2018. President Trump’s centerpiece Manhattan skyscraper opened in 1984, but does not have sprinklers on its residential floors, a measure required in new buildings since 1999. […]