Tag: fire
First part of Parliamentary fire report completed
The bulk of a preliminary assessment and report on fire damage to two buildings in the Parliamentary precinct are complete according to Public Works...
AFB Waterkloof fire “an accident”
No evidence of foul play or sabotage was discovered by SA Air Force (SAAF) investigators following a fire at the bulk fuel installation at...
AFB Waterkloof fire investigation complete
An investigation into Sunday’s fire at Air Force Base (AFB) Waterkloof is complete with the next step being South Africa’s top soldier “applying his...
Minister Modise will be questioned on Waterkloof fire
Sabotage as the cause of Sunday’s fire at Air Force Base (AFB) Waterkloof was unequivocally ruled out by senior communication officers from both the...
Inspection of fire damaged Parliament once building declared safe
Parliament’s presiding officers, National Assembly (NA) Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula and National Council of Provinces (NCOP) chair Amos Masondo, are satisfied with progress containing the...
Fire destroys several hundred military vehicles at Wallmansthal
Several hundred decommissioned and retired South African National Defence Force (SANDF) vehicles were destroyed in a fire at the Wallmansthal depot north of Pretoria...
Iran’s biggest navy ship sinks after fire in Gulf of Oman
Iran’s largest navy ship the Kharg sank on Wednesday after catching fire in the Gulf of Oman, but the crew were safely rescued, Iranian...
Police urge parents not to leave children unattended
Parents and guardians have been urged not to leave their children unattended after an incident where a three-year-old girl died in a house fire.
“Reports...
Fire breaks out in Kenya during British military exercise
A fire broke out in a wildlife conservancy in Kenya during an exercise by British troops stationed in the country, the British army said.
“We...
Three teens charged with murder in Denver fire that killed five...
Two of three teenage boys will be tried as adults for charges of murder and arson in a Denver house fire that killed five...
Ethiopian Airlines cargo plane catches fire at Shanghai airport, no casualties
An Ethiopian Airlines’ Boeing 777 cargo plane caught fire while loading cargo at Shanghai Pudong International Airport on Wednesday, the airline said, adding that...
Three dead in Lagos pipeline fire
A fire on a pipeline owned by Nigeria’s state oil company in Lagos killed three people, a Reuters witness said.
The blaze broke out in...
Fire destroys SAAF Museum hangar
An unexplained fire at the weekend in 8 Hangar at Air Force Base (AFB) Swartkop, home to the SA Air Force (SAAF) Museum, was...
Fire rages through Nigerian peoples’ camp for displaced
A fire killed at least eight people and left 15,000 others without shelter after raging through a north-east Nigerian camp for people displaced by...
Fire at Cairo station
A fire at the main train station in Egypt’s capital Cairo caused deaths and injuries, a security source and local media said.
Photographs on social...
Voting machines for DR Congo election go up in flames
A fire overnight at a warehouse in Kinshasa destroyed thousands of voting machines and ballot boxes due to be used in the December 23...
School fire in Uganda claims nine lives
Nine students died after fire engulfed a dormitory at a secondary school in southern Uganda, police said, one of the deadliest in...
Mali mortar attack claimed by Al Qaeda
Al Qaeda's franchise in the Sahara claimed a multiple mortar attack on a village in northern Mali during Sunday's election that disrupted...
Fire shrinks storage capacity at Libyan oil ports
Libya's National Oil Corporation (NOC) said storage capacity at Ras Lanuf port was cut by 400,000 barrels after a second crude oil...
Ivory Coast telecoms possibly a criminal act
A fire last month that gutted a French telecoms group Orange facility in Ivory Coast, disrupting service for weeks, appears to have...