Beijing, Nov 6 (IANS) A woman in China made a fire under her car, thinking it would warm up the vehicle's engine. The car went up in flames, a media report said ...

By Anil Sharma Jaipur, Nov 4 (IANS) Furious residents around the burning Indian Oil's depot near here filed police complaints against the company as fires raged on Wednesday in two of its tanks ...

Diamond Bar, Nov 4 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Fire crews from Los Angeles County, Chino and Ontario are braving their own lives to set out a brush fire on Tuesday afternoon. The fire ...

Jaipur, Nov 3 (IANS) An executive of a private company has filed a complaint against Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) after a fire broke out at its oil depot here Oct 29 killing ...

Jaipur, Nov 2 (IANS) Loud explosions were heard Monday from the Indian Oil depot here that caught fire as the blaze continued to rage for the fourth consecutive day with the toll ...

Central and state government has showed their inability to fire fight the IOC depot which continued for the fourth day and the fire even spread to the factory premises in neighbourhood areas.Moreover ...

NATIONAL India's swine flu toll is 473 - Moved at 2033 Maoists kill CPI-M activist in West Bengal - Moved at 2033 Two Sanatan Sanstha members arrested in Goa blast case - Second Lead ...

NATIONAL Bush high on India, backs common fight against extremism -- Roundup moved at 1559 Income Tax sleuths raid 70 places of Madhu Koda, associates -- Lead moved at 1511 Two arrested for Goa ...

Jaipur, Oct. 31 (ANI): The continuing blaze at the Indian Oil Corporation fuel depot near Jaipur has not only destroyed property worth crores of rupees, but also rendered many daily wage earners ...

Jaipur, Oct 31 (IANS) The massive fire at an Indian Oil depot here that has killed five people and injured 150 continued to rage for the third consecutive day Saturday. Officials are ...

Jaipur/New Delhi, Oct 30 (IANS) A massive fire continued to rage Friday at an Indian Oil depot in Jaipur nearly 24 hours after it broke out, killing five people and injuring 150 ...

By Meena Kar San Juan, October 24, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The fuel storage explosion that took place in San Juan, Puerto Rico has created a panic among people living in that area. As ...

Brisbane (Australia), Oct. 19 (ANI): The Australian state of Queensland has declared a state of emergency after at least 40 wildfires destroyed several properties and forced residents of the area to flee. According ...

NATIONAL Cleared by India, but US military plane may leave only Monday -- Second Lead moved at 1927 Six firemen choke to death after fighting blaze -- Lead moved at 1616 Five ULFA ...

Thane (Maharashtra), Oct 18 (ANI): Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan on Sunday announced a Rs.200,000 compensation to the kin of each of six firemen, who lost their lives while on duty in ...

NATIONAL Detained US chartered military plane allowed to depart -- Lead moved at 1400 Six firemen choke to death after fighting blaze -- Lead moved at 1616 Five ULFA rebels arrested in Guwahati -- ...

Kolkata, Oct 18 (IANS) One person was injured, a car was gutted and a building and a squatters' colony partly damaged in three fires that broke out in the city on Diwali ...

Thane (Maharashtra), Oct 18 (ANI): At least six firemen working with the Thane fire service died from suffocation after getting stuck in a lift in a housing complex where they had gone ...

Chennai, Oct 18 (IANS) Seven officials, including three policemen, have been suspended in connection with a fire accident that claimed 32 lives in a cracker godown in Thiruvallur district of Tamil Nadu. District ...

Thane, Oct 18 (IANS) In a gruesome Diwali tragedy, six firemen suffocated to death after they battled a blaze in a multi-storied building here early Sunday, a senior officer said. The victims suffocated ...

Chennai, Oct 17 (IANS) Thirtytwo people were charred to death when a fire suddenly enveloped a firecracker shop located in a godown in a Tamil Nadu village, trapping a large number of ...

Chennai, Oct 17 (IANS) A pall of gloom has descended on the Palipattu village in Thiruvallur district of Tamil Nadu after 32 people were killed and three others injured in a blaze ...

Chennai, Oct 16 (IANS) At least 10 people were killed and several injured in a blaze at a firecracker shop Friday night in Thiruvallur district in Tamil Nadu. The cracker shop was functioning ...

London, Oct 15 (ANI): Comedian Sacha Baron Cohen and fiancee Isla Fisher showed off their soft side after rescuing a lost dog and returning it to the owner. Jennifer Tapiero lost her Maltese-Chihuahua ...

London, Oct 14 (IANS) Hair salvaged from late pop legend Michael Jackson's scalp after he was burned during the filming of a Pepsi commercial is to be sold at an auction. The ...

Brussels, Oct 6 (IANS) Stating that it "was utterly unacceptable" that a UN agency had been made a terror target, the European Union has asked Pakistan to "swiftly apprehend" those behind the ...

Islamabad, Oct 5 (IANS) A foreigner and a Pakistani woman were killed Monday when a blast tore through the UN World Food Programme (WFP) office, close to President Asif Ali Zardari's ...

By Madhuri Dey Atlanta, Oct 3, (THAINDIAN NEWS) According to the sources, the Atlanta fire-fighters department literally battled it out in order to contain a two-alarm fire at Paideia school, a private school ...

Purulia (WB), Oct 3 (ANI): Maoists blew up a railway track on Saturday, causing suspension of train services in West Bengal's Purulia district. The incident took place on the day of their ...

Taipei, Sep 29 (DPA) A fire has damaged a historic building that had housed Taiwan's late leader Chiang Kai-shek and his wife Soong May-ling, just two years after a suburban residence of ...