FIREFIGHTERS

Firefighters expose to PFAS as an occupational hazard – Study

Published on: July 30, 2023
07:46

Washington, Jul 30 (Prensa Latina) Firefighters have one of the most dangerous jobs in the world; however, the most common cause of death among them is cancer, U.S. specialists warned.

World specialists praise Costa Rican firefighters work in Canada

Published on: July 6, 2023
17:15

San Jose, Jul 6 (Prensa Latina) International specialists in disaster response have praised the 41 Costa Rican firefighters for contributing to dowse wildfires in Canada, according to official sources.

South Korea to send firefighters to Canada to fight forest fires

Published on: July 1, 2023
07:30

Ottawa, Jul 1 (Prensa Latina) South Korea will send 151 firefighters to Canada to join the efforts to extinguish hundreds of forest fires that have devastated vast forests in the country, according to local media.

Search continues after collapse at Guiteras Thermoelectric Plant

Published on: April 8, 2023
10:29

Matanzas, Cuba, Apr 8 (Prensa Latina) Search works continues at the Antonio Guiteras Thermoelectric Power Plant on Saturday, after a column from the chimney's ashtray collapsed on Friday, killing one person and injuring two, while one worker is still missing.

Landslide in Ecuador leaves people trapped

Published on: March 27, 2023
12:17

Quito, Mar 27 (Prensa Latina) A landslide left several people trapped in the community Alausí, in the Ecuadorian province of Chimborazo, where firefighters and other forces are working today to find them.

A brigade of 157 Mexicans is in Chile to fight forest fires

Published on: February 6, 2023
09:35

Mexico City, Feb 6 (Prensa Latina) A brigade of 157 Mexican experts in forest fires is already operating in Chile on Monday, which was sent at the request of the authorities of the southern country.

Cuba pays last tribute to late firefighters

Published on: August 19, 2022
22:02

Matanzas, Cuba, Aug 19 (Prensa Latina) Over 15,000 Cubans paid last honors to 14 firefighters who perished fighting the fierce fire that caused havoc in the super tanker terminal of Matanzas, western Cuba.

Cuba honors firefighters who died at Matanzas fire

Published on: August 19, 2022
00:30

Havana, Aug 19 (Prensa Latina) Cuba is honoring this Friday, August 19th, the firefighters who perished fighting the fierce fire that caused havoc at the Industrial Zone of the western province of Matanzas.

Matanzas city thankfully says goodbye to Cuban firefighters

Published on: August 14, 2022
12:38

Matanzas, Cuba, Aug 14 (Prensa Latina) Matanzas city on Sunday thankfully sent Cuban Fire Department off following its deep involvement in dousing the life-threatening fire affecting the province´s major oil storage tanks.

La Palma firefighters dig channels to save church and cemetery

Published on: September 23, 2021
08:28

Madrid, Sep 23 (Prensa Latina) La Palma firefighters are working on Thursday to save two symbols in the town of Todoque, a church and a cemetery, threatened by the ferocious lava of the erupting volcano.

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