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Huge forest fire in western Cuba

Published on: March 7, 2022
15:49

Havana, Mar 7 (Prensa Latina) Specialized forces of the Forest Ranger Corps (CGB, in Spanish) and the agricultural system are currently extinguishing a forest fire of large proportions in Cuba's westernmost Pinar del Rio province.

More than 10 dead in fire at Syrian shopping mall

Published on: March 1, 2022
10:11

Damascus, Mar 1 (Prensa Latina) Some 11 people lost their lives and seven others were injured by a fire that swept through the La Mirada shopping mall in the Al-Hamara area, in the heart of the Syrian capital.

France follows criminal trail after fire with eight deaths

Published on: February 15, 2022
09:37

Paris, Feb 15 (Prensa Latina) The attorney general of the French city of Perpignan, Jean-David Cavaillé, said today that there are elements to think of a criminal action after a fire that killed eight people in the commune of Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque.

Two Israeli military officers killed in friendly fire incident

Published on: January 13, 2022
07:52

Tel Aviv, Jan 13 (Prensa Latina) Two Israeli army officers were killed by "friendly fire" in the occupied West Bank after they were identified as possible Palestinian militiamen, the military command reported on Thursday.

Fire in Russian hospital injures five

Published on: December 29, 2021
11:44

Moscow, Dec 29 (Prensa Latina) Five people were injured during a fire in a hospital tasked with treating Covid-19 in the city of Krasnoyarsk, as reported by the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia.

Indonesian prison fire kills more than 40 immates

Published on: September 8, 2021
11:12

Jakarta, Sep 8 (Prensa Latina) A fire occurred early Wednesday morning at a prison in the Indonesian city of Tangerang, near Jakarta, in which 43 inmates were killed and 80 others suffer serious burns.

Rockets fire towards Kabul airport

Published on: August 30, 2021
08:43

Kabul, Aug 30 (Prensa Latina) Several rockets on Monday have been fired at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, which hit houses although there are no reports so far of injuries or fatalities.

No children injured by fire and blasts at Kazakh military facility

Published on: August 27, 2021
10:37

Nursultan, Aug 27 (Prensa Latina) The Ministry of Education and Science of Kazakhstan informed on Friday that no children have been injured in the fire and subsequent blasts in the warehouse of a military unit in Zhambyl region.

Mexican president announces aid plan to Grace victims

Published on: August 23, 2021
14:01

Mexico, Aug 23 (Prensa Latina) President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Monday announced an aid plan for victims of Hurricane Grace and a fire on a Pemex platform in Campeche over the weekend.

Fire advances, criticisms of Government increase on Greek island

Published on: August 10, 2021
11:55

Athens, Aug 10 (Prensa Latina) The devastating fire currently maintains its implacable advance on the Greek island of Evia amid criticisms of the local government, due to a lack of resources to control it.

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